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I'm starting to like the name Peregrine. I have some questions but feel limited, share all your opinions on Peregrine.
Do you like the name Peregrine? Why or why not? What are your favorite nns for it and do you prefer the pronunciation Per-uh-grin or Per-uh-green? Do you know anyone named Peregrine? Do you think it compliments/goes well with the other names on my list (http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/129200)?
Again, any opinions are helpful!
Thanks!
HTB
PS. feel free to vote on my lists, all of your opinions/votes help me.
Do you like the name Peregrine? Why or why not? What are your favorite nns for it and do you prefer the pronunciation Per-uh-grin or Per-uh-green? Do you know anyone named Peregrine? Do you think it compliments/goes well with the other names on my list (http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/129200)?
Again, any opinions are helpful!
Thanks!
HTB
PS. feel free to vote on my lists, all of your opinions/votes help me.
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This is one of those names that I like on paper. I like the way it looks and I like the idea of it, but when I say it it seems way to clunky. Also, I haven't found any nicknames that I really like. Were you thinking for a boy or a girl?
I don't love Peri/Perry/Perri, but it's the obvious choice
Reg/Reggie could work for a boy or a girl - cuter on a girl because it's sort of oldish sounding for a boy (but my least disliked of the nicknames)
Rin I guess could work but it's a bit of a stretch.
I've only ever heard it pron. GRIN, not GREEN, so I can't really say on that one. I guess GREEN sounds a bit like one is trying too hard to make it sound fancy.
The only Peregrines I've heard of were a real girl on tv (came from a hippyish background), and a male character in a book (fantasy, outdoorsy warrior - which prob made me like it:)).
I don't love Peri/Perry/Perri, but it's the obvious choice
Reg/Reggie could work for a boy or a girl - cuter on a girl because it's sort of oldish sounding for a boy (but my least disliked of the nicknames)
Rin I guess could work but it's a bit of a stretch.
I've only ever heard it pron. GRIN, not GREEN, so I can't really say on that one. I guess GREEN sounds a bit like one is trying too hard to make it sound fancy.
The only Peregrines I've heard of were a real girl on tv (came from a hippyish background), and a male character in a book (fantasy, outdoorsy warrior - which prob made me like it:)).
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I always think of the English journalist Sir Peregrine Worsthorne - and it is a very posh name, as well as slightly amusing (Smollett's novel "The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle). I prefer Per-uh-grin as the pronunciation.
Because I don't like surnames or nicknames/diminutives as first names I would use it as a way to get to Perry as a nn (I love Perry Mason as portrayed in the old black and white series by Raymond Burr!)
Another posh P name (though spoiled for me by Piers Morgan) is Piers - have liked it ever since reading "Piers Plowman" at school. A friend who also fell in love with it named her son Piers.
Because I don't like surnames or nicknames/diminutives as first names I would use it as a way to get to Perry as a nn (I love Perry Mason as portrayed in the old black and white series by Raymond Burr!)
Another posh P name (though spoiled for me by Piers Morgan) is Piers - have liked it ever since reading "Piers Plowman" at school. A friend who also fell in love with it named her son Piers.
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I think of the bird. Also, the type of person that comes to mind is sickly and nerdy. Stays inside and reads books because he is afraid of the outside world. I also don't like the 'grin' sound on the end.
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I love this name ^_^ Peregrine is actually on my favourite names list, and I only let myself put ten on there at a time.
I say it peh-ruh-grin. It makes me think of untamed woodland and the way those birds soar, riding the winds without effort. They seem noble, but without the brilliant arrogance of an eagle.
I've never met anyone called Peregrine. D'you know it's the full name of Pippin from the Lord of the Rings? (Just wondering)
As for combining it to any of your other names...
I like:
Peregrine James
Peregrine Luke (this one most)
Peregrine Silas
:)
I say it peh-ruh-grin. It makes me think of untamed woodland and the way those birds soar, riding the winds without effort. They seem noble, but without the brilliant arrogance of an eagle.
I've never met anyone called Peregrine. D'you know it's the full name of Pippin from the Lord of the Rings? (Just wondering)
As for combining it to any of your other names...
I like:
Peregrine James
Peregrine Luke (this one most)
Peregrine Silas
:)
This message was edited 3/23/2014, 10:07 PM
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I'm not really a fan of it on a girl, but I'm aware some people like it on a girl, and it could definitely work on a girl. It is just masculine sounding to me. Thanks for the combos!
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I like Peregrine. I think it's a very open and adventurous name. It doesn't make me think too much of the falcon, nor of the hobbit (he spells it without the -e, I know). Instead I picture a handsome piratey looking guy standing on the bow of his ship. Lots of tan sort of colors going on. Looks a lot like Orlando Bloom, really... :)
I pronoucne it per-uh-grin, never heard it -green before. I do know one Peregrin, he's the son of a friend of mine... 5 years old or so. They call him Pippin, of course. I don't really like that much, and I even more dislike Perry. So not sure where that leaves us for nicknames.
I think it goes just fine with the rest of your list.
I pronoucne it per-uh-grin, never heard it -green before. I do know one Peregrin, he's the son of a friend of mine... 5 years old or so. They call him Pippin, of course. I don't really like that much, and I even more dislike Perry. So not sure where that leaves us for nicknames.
I think it goes just fine with the rest of your list.
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I think it's ok. I pronounce it per-uh-grin. Perry could be a good nn for it.
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