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HelpNicholas, Perry & Rutherford
What do you think of these here names? :)
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I've always enjoyed Nicholas - even suggested it for our son, only to have DH veto it very firmly. He wouldn't, he said, send HIS son out into the world without underwear.
Perry? Like the long-ago fictional DA, Mr Mason? Or short for Peregrine, which is way too posh for me to use but is still rather fun. Perry alone is fizzy, slightly alcofrolic pear juice and quite amazingly nasty.
Rutherford? Nah.
Perry? Like the long-ago fictional DA, Mr Mason? Or short for Peregrine, which is way too posh for me to use but is still rather fun. Perry alone is fizzy, slightly alcofrolic pear juice and quite amazingly nasty.
Rutherford? Nah.
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Nicholas- gorgeous! I'd use Nikolai, more likely, though. I don't like Nick, but I do like Nico / Niko. I'd probably use Nikolenka to express endearment.
Perry- not my thing, but it's okay, and definitely better on a boy.
Rutherford- I usually find surname names both pretentious and tacky. This one is simply pretentious.
Perry- not my thing, but it's okay, and definitely better on a boy.
Rutherford- I usually find surname names both pretentious and tacky. This one is simply pretentious.
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Nicholas I love, of course! :) Trying to be objective about it, I think it's handsome and intelligent.
Perry I've always thought seems wimpy and annoying. Possibly because I knew one when I was little like that.
Rutherford is fun. It's very tweedy and like a grumpy old guy who had an adventurous past.
Perry I've always thought seems wimpy and annoying. Possibly because I knew one when I was little like that.
Rutherford is fun. It's very tweedy and like a grumpy old guy who had an adventurous past.
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Nicholas - basically LOVE. It reminds me of Saint Nicholas and Nicholas Joseph Fury, both of which are very positive associations. :) When I try to picture a Nicholas, I see a man who is educated and intelligent, who loves his friends and family deeply and wants very much to do the right thing.
Perry - largely indifferent. I don't think I have any real associations for this, other than that it sounds like "Peri," one of the companions of the Doctor on Doctor Who (Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown). Perry to me sounds like a generally prattish prep school boy with more money than sense or a leisure-suit wearing criminal who's greatest strength is his charm.
Rutherford - dislike as a first name. Though I think it would be fine as a middle name. As a first name, it brings to mind extreme snobbery, a sort of old money entitled jerk who really couldn't care less about anyone he considers beneath him (which is basically everyone).
Perry - largely indifferent. I don't think I have any real associations for this, other than that it sounds like "Peri," one of the companions of the Doctor on Doctor Who (Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown). Perry to me sounds like a generally prattish prep school boy with more money than sense or a leisure-suit wearing criminal who's greatest strength is his charm.
Rutherford - dislike as a first name. Though I think it would be fine as a middle name. As a first name, it brings to mind extreme snobbery, a sort of old money entitled jerk who really couldn't care less about anyone he considers beneath him (which is basically everyone).
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Nicholas is really close to my hometown's name, and it's even been called Nicholas by new local reporters. It's annoying- the misreading, not the name. I like the name.
Perry is fine, too. Not my style, but there was a Perry the year behind me in high school, and there was another in town who was pretty well respected.
Rutherford- my grandma had an uncle named Rutherford, who was from Canada. His nn was Rud. I'm not a fan of the name. I don't know what it is about it.
Perry is fine, too. Not my style, but there was a Perry the year behind me in high school, and there was another in town who was pretty well respected.
Rutherford- my grandma had an uncle named Rutherford, who was from Canada. His nn was Rud. I'm not a fan of the name. I don't know what it is about it.
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