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Piers...is it ridiculous to have fallen for this *sort of* name?

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By Wed 01-Jul-09 10:07:17 Add message | Report | Contact poster
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the name Piers. I also love Miles (slightly different connotations) but it is already 'taken' by friends. I'm just not sure that we're a 'Piers' sort of family.

So what sort of a person names their son Piers?
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 13:00:52
Ah go for it - it's a good name (although it always reminds me of that drippy bloke who played opposite Alan B'stard in The New Statesman)grin
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 13:00:39
oh and as for Myles being mainstream - I guess it depends on what their first name is - and DS3'sd could never be called mainstream - well not in the UK anyhow grin
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 13:00:03
Nothing wrong with Miles - although I prefer it ye olde english way of Myles <<<<<<DS3's middle name actually>>>>>>
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 12:58:02
Much prefer Peter to Piers. Sounds a bit drippy to me ! I'd put it in the same category as Linus.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 04-Jul-09 11:06:53
Whilst is not so stereotypically upper class as for e.g Rupert, it is still slightly.
Miles is quite mainstream now, I agree.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 21:33:05
Hey my ds is Guy and is 39 now-no probs at local comp,6th form college or uni.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 03-Jul-09 21:32:59
Hey my ds is Guy and is 39 now-no probs at local comp,6th form college or uni.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 02-Jul-09 18:02:38
I like it. I like Guy too. GUy and Piers would have been a bit oh excuse you 40 years ago, but I think the names people are using today, Piers sounds too normal to be really pretentious.

I know a few Pierces (not unusual in Ireland) but I prefer the sound of Piers.
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 02-Jul-09 16:20:27
Halfwit on BB would be a Piers - enough said!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 02-Jul-09 11:47:30
I love Piers!
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