Kip is a given name. Notable people and characters with the name include:
People Kip Carpenter (born 1979), American speed skater Kip Corrington (born 1965), American collegiate football and National Football League player Kip Diggs (born 1966), American politician and retired professional boxer Kip Gamblin (born 1975), Australian ballet dancer and actor Kip Gross (born 1964), former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher Kip Hanrahan (born 1954), American jazz music impresario, record producer and percussionist Kip Janvrin (born 1965), American former decathlete Kip Lewis (born 2004), American football player Kip Kinkel (born 1982), American teenage spree killer Kip Miller (born 1969), American National Hockey League player Kip Moore (born 1980), American country music singer/songwriter Kip Thorne (born 1940), American theoretical physicist Kip Tokuda (1946–2013), American social worker and politician Kip Williams (born 1987), Australian director and Artistic Director of Sydney Theatre Company Kip Winger (born 1961), American musician Kip Young (born 1954), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
Fictional characters Kip Half-Sack Epps, on the FX television series Sons of Anarchy Kipland "Kip" Ronald Dynamite, from the 2004 movie Napoleon Dynamite Kip Supernova, from the animated film Escape from Planet Earth Kip "Buffy" Wilson, from the TV show Bosom Buddies Kip, from the children's television series Higglytown Heroes Kip O'Donnell, a poacher and villain in The Wild Thornberries Kip O'Drordy, a lonesome and outcast kid in South Park Kip, a Fastball in The Warriors Christopher "Kip" Grady, from Heated Rivalry Kip Silverpoint, in OneShot