Pippin
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Pippin, Peppin, and Pepin (Latin: Pippinus, Pipinus, and Pepinus) are variants of a single Frankish given name. It was the name of several important figures in the Carolingian family that ruled the Frankish Empire in what is now France and the western parts of Germany in the Middle Ages:
- Pepin of Landen, nicknamed the Elder, sometimes listed as a saint
- Pepin of Herstal, nicknamed the Middle
- Pepin the Short or Pippin the Younger, father of Charlemagne
- Pepin the Hunchback, son of Charlemagne
- Pepin of Italy, son of Charlemagne
- Pepin I of Aquitaine, grandson of Charlemagne, son of Louis the Pious)
- Pepin II of Aquitaine, son of Pepin I of Aquitaine
- Pepin, Count of Vermandois, grandson of Pepin of Italy
Pepin/Pippin may also refer to:
- the nickname of Peregrin Took in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- a type of apple
- the protagonist in the novel The Short Reign of Pippin IV by John Steinbeck
- Pippin (musical), the title of a Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz; or the 1981 film adaptation of the musical
- the Apple Pippin game console which was designed by Apple Computer and manufactured by Bandai in 1995
- Jacques Pépin, a famous chef
- the name of one of the crew of the Pequod in the novel Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- the name of the Healer of the town of Tristram in the computer game Diablo
- the children's comic Pippin, produced by Polystyle Publications from 1966 to 1986
- the dog in the BBC children's programme Come Outside, who also appeared in the CITV series Woof! the original Pippin was the son of one of the dogs who played Benji
There are a few places named Pepin in the United States: