What was Pip’s real name in 'Great Expectations'?

'Great Expectations' is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel that depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. The novel was first published as a serial in Dickens's weekly periodical 'All the Year Round', from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. In October 1861, Chapman and Hall published the novel in three volumes.

Philip Pirrip, nicknamed Pip, is an orphan and the protagonist and narrator of Great Expectations. In his childhood, Pip dreamed of becoming a blacksmith like his kind brother-in-law, Joe Gargery. At Satis House, about age 8, he meets and falls in love with Estella, and tells Biddy that he wants to become a gentleman. As a result of Magwitch's anonymous patronage, Pip lives in London and becomes a gentleman. Pip assumes his benefactor is Miss Havisham; the discovery that his true benefactor is a convict shocks him.