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I adore Peregrine (this spelling only)! It's stuffy and stately, which I love, but the natural nickname Perry makes it practical.

Love it. Totally planning on using Peregrine as the mn for my first son (assuming I ever have a son :P)

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I like Peregrine because of peregrine falcons, plus the name looks more complete. Peregrin is cool in its own way but mostly because of Pippin Took.

I love Peregrine -- this spelling only.

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It's a combination of associations for me. The first is retro-Brit-chic, a la P.G. Wodehouse. Too funny. The second association is, obviously, the bird. Names from nature can be so fresh.

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You don't need to dumb-down the spelling to Peregrin. Everyone should know how to pronounce the falcon already. I hope . . . .

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ETA: After reading the other posts I see that Peregrin is a name in LOTR. While I love the books, I don't think they merit honoring the way a noble bird does. But that's a subjective call, obviously.

This message was edited 6/19/2013, 2:24 PM

Peregrin looks awful! Great for a cartoon character with a permanent smile.

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Peregrine is actually quite nice. I wouldn't use it - I dislike Perry as a nn _ but I'd be happy to meet a young one. In fact, the only Peregrine I've ever met was a schoolboy at a very expensive school indeed; parents can best be described as gentleman farmers. So I suppose I'd think "old money".

It immediately reminds me of the character from LotR, so I would think the parents were either huge LotR fans or fans of the bird. That being said, I don't mind the name. I'm a LotR fan myself, but beyond that it looks and sounds nice, and it's not too "out there." I prefer Peregrine.

I know one

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He's 4, I think, my friend's second son. They spell it Peregrin and call him Pippin. I like it spelled Peregrine better, like the falcon, not that I have anything against the LotR character. I think it's a nice name. It's very adventurous, and it's "out there" without being too out there. :)

I love it :) I prefer Peregrin, it's a better pronunciation. I also love it that Tolkien used it for Peregrin Took (aka Pippin), my favourite hobbit after Bilbo.

I love Peregrin! I would spell it like this just because it looks better to me. But I wouldn't be annoyed if it's spelled the other way, because the name is just too nice^^

I love it - the meaning, the history, the sound, the look. I'd be ecstatic to meet a little boy named Peregrine... possibly even a girl, but I'd be skeptical too. I much prefer Peregrine, because without the E the last syllable stands out as GRIN, which is a very ugly word, imo.