Honestly I think [name_u]Piper[/name_u] gives off a spunky vibe. I wouldn’t use it but, I don’t mind it on other people’s children.
I agree, it is one of those names I like/but then don’t like. It sounds musical, but then I think of a plumber/piper…and then the Pied [name_u]Piper[/name_u]…I love the suggestions of [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] instead:) Much spunkier, and you could give her the full name of [name_f]Phillipa[/name_f] if you wanted something kinda girlier than [name_u]Piper[/name_u]?
I like [name_u]Piper[/name_u]. But it always struck me as more nickname-y sounding than a first name. That and it’s out for me, because I named one of my cats [name_u]Piper[/name_u]. Soooo yeah . . . LOL
One of my most hated names. I don’t understand the appeal at all. It is masculine and not pretty, interesting, stately, elegant, cute…or anything positive that I can think of.
Oh, I love it. I wasn’t aware there were so many people that disliked it. It’s a family surname, so we get the occasional [name_u]Piper[/name_u] in the family. I’m most familiar with my cousin who is now in her early 20s. That I know of, everyone has always said they love her name. If your surname is a two syllable name ending in -er, it might come off as a little comical, but it really depends on what the name is. [name_u]Piper[/name_u] would be one of my top picks for a daughter if it weren’t for my cousin.
I think it’s adorable! It’s got a lot of spunk and excitement behind it. Not many people use it, either, which means it’s not too awfully common. I think a short, sweet, and simple one-syllable middle name ([name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], etc.) would fit great with it.
I was starting to be shocked at all the [name_u]Piper[/name_u] hate. [name_f]Glad[/name_f] there are a few others that like it! I’m surprised it is so controversial!
I love [name_u]Piper[/name_u].
That being said I am from Scandinavia, so I have never seen it in real life and only knows it from the tvshow Charmed. [name_u]Piper[/name_u] to me is cool yet sweet name, and I have no problem imagining it on a adult.
[name_f]Pippa[/name_f] though seems childish to me, mostly I think because it reminds me of [name_f]Pippi[/name_f] Longstocking… 
It’s completely unattractive, tease-worthy, and has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. [name_m]Even[/name_m] if that weren’t the case, your -er suffix last name makes [name_u]Piper[/name_u] not even considerable.
My associations/ opinions with [name_u]Piper[/name_u]:
*a person from my past with some serious issues.
*[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_u]Palin[/name_u] (she has a kid named [name_u]Piper[/name_u])
*a nicknamey name that I can see for a little girl, but not on an adult.
*not usually a wise idea for the alliterative thing. If last name ends in -er, try to avoid first name ending in -er.
*pipes. Pipes for smoking, pipes for plumbing, bagpipes, all kinds of pipes.
I am incredibly surprised by all of the [name_u]Piper[/name_u] hatred! I’ve only known one in my life-- a girl I went to choir camp with in high school. As a result, I associate it with someone like her, someone spunky, feisty, and artsy. That being said, I don’t know if passes the “presidential test” someone else mentioned, but I’ve met plenty of people in respectable positions with names that don’t seem to fit. Nothing says a little [name_u]Piper[/name_u] couldn’t be a senator someday!
After all of that, pairing the name with an -er surname might not be the best. I understand your dilemma though; my fiance’s name is [name_m]Meyer[/name_m], and I never realized how many names had a similar ending sound until I tried to imagine names for our future children!
[name_u]Piper[/name_u] [name_m]Meyer[/name_m]. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t like it. [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t do it with an -er surname.
My mom didn’t realize that my brother’s childhood nn (along the lines of [name_u]Billy[/name_u] or [name_m]Jimmy[/name_m], one that few grown men hold on to) rhymed with our last name, until people began calling him by the nn to differentiate him from the SIX other boys in his kindergarten class with the same first name. My mom had a slight bit of name regret, until she realized that if he chose to go by a nn as an adult, it would likely be along the lines of [name_m]Bill[/name_m] or [name_m]Jim[/name_m]. He was never called by anything but his full name, or the more adult nn at home. [name_m]Just[/name_m] warning you that rhyming names, alliterative names, and the like, can be kinda… just not right.
I like it. Its unusual… and i think its cute x hth