Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-8161155-20140516200942/@comment-8161155-20140520001605

Tuna529 wrote: I always thought that he had a normal name (Bill, Kyle, Eric) but kids called him "Little Dipper" because of his short size and birthmark. He liked the last part so he started calling himself "Dipper". This would also explain why he got so mad when Mabel was about to call him "Little Dipper". Your theory's make more sense then mine though... That's a good theory, though I don't think he would CHOOSE to be called Dipper. Maybe kids teased him (from Double Dipper "Kids used to make fun of my birthmark before I started hiding it all the time.") and the name stuck, even at home because of Mabel being Mabel.