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Sorry, but I still really like Persimmon.

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allhailtheaubergine · 05/09/2011 12:36

I'm pronouncing it PER-sim-on. Like the fruit, not the house building company.

I love the nickname Percy for a little girl.

It's pretty. It fits with my other daughter's name.

Is it really so terrible?

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PercyFilth · 06/09/2011 20:22

Persimmon was a horse owned by the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). He won the 1896 Derby. :)

orienteerer · 06/09/2011 20:21

As just mentioned Persimmon Homes!

SecretNutellaFix · 06/09/2011 20:19

Persimmon are builders. Don't do it please?

If you want the nickname Percy use Persephone. At least that is an established given name for little girls.

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allhailtheaubergine · 06/09/2011 20:17

Persimmon Persimmon Persimmon.

You have to admit, the more I say it the more unremarkable it sounds.

It's growing on you, isn't it?

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seeker · 06/09/2011 20:15

You just can't call a girl Percy!

RustyBear · 06/09/2011 20:11

If you want Percy as a nn, you could always name her after Persis Khambatta

SheCutOffTheirTails · 06/09/2011 20:02

I agree Meryl about Sharon - such a beautiful name with such unfortunate connotations because of overuse in the 70s.

MerylStrop · 06/09/2011 19:13

And I bloody LOVE Lorelei

MerylStrop · 06/09/2011 19:12

The other name for the fruit is Sharon

I like Sharon a lot better than Persimon, but it probably doesn't have the vibe you are looking for

Peregrine is deffo a boys name, btw.

PS Gilbert rocks.

MinimallyNarkyPuffin · 06/09/2011 19:07

Step away from the Baby names Grin

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allhailtheaubergine · 06/09/2011 18:28

I know a woman called Peregrine.

Paloma sounds a bit horsish to me.

Edith is far too popular, though a very nice name I grant you.

Today my 5yo daughter suggested Tigerlilly Sparkle and I found myself considering it for a few moments...

Actually, Sparkle is not bad as a middle name. Although we did have a rat called Sparkle once, so maybe not.

I quite like Starling as a middle name.

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seeker · 06/09/2011 18:16

How about Edith?

Peregrine is not a girl's name. It is a name, I grant you, which is an improvement, but most definitely a boy's name.

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allhailtheaubergine · 06/09/2011 18:14
Grin
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MinimallyNarkyPuffin · 06/09/2011 18:12

OK. So that's a MN negative then. I'll give it a few days before POAS Grin

FairyArmadillo · 06/09/2011 17:38

OK, I really like all of your latest girls' list apart from Myrtle, Gertie and Mirabelle. I still like Persimmon and have never heard of the company. We seem to be in the minority so perhaps that says something about my taste in names Grin

notlettingthefearshow · 06/09/2011 17:26

I've never heard of the housing company, if that helps.

cat64 · 06/09/2011 17:10

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JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 06/09/2011 16:54

I like Paloma. I can assure you that I'm not pregnant Grin

PercyFilth · 06/09/2011 16:52

@ some of you

Oi! Angry

mathanxiety · 06/09/2011 16:27

I like Paloma too. Really stylish yet soft name, and very international.

MinimallyNarkyPuffin · 06/09/2011 14:32

I like Paloma.

ZZZenAgain · 06/09/2011 14:27

If you are choosing it because you think it is a pretty name, I think Percy as a nickname is not pretty at all so depends in the end what she is going to be called.

RealityVonCrapp · 06/09/2011 14:25

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LetThereBeRock · 06/09/2011 14:09

It's not at all pretty. It's hideous,and utterly ridiculous. And Percy is also dreadful.

schobe · 06/09/2011 13:36

Ok now you must be taking the piss, but I LIKE Ernest. Is that weird?

Actually, no, perhaps you're not joking. It's Humphrey that's making me undecided. Although Humph as a nickname is starting to win me over...