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Perdy.......

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mummabug · 06/11/2012 21:31

I have become a serial poster of baby name questions, my apologies!

Think we have pretty much decided (other names having been vetoed by DH) on Perdy. Was going to go with full name Perdita, but I just don't like it. DH has his heart set on Perdy.

So, firstly, what are your thoughts on Perdy as a name in its own right? I know it means lost, which is a bit negative but I'm not too worried about that.

(I also love the names Juno, Mila and Anouk but all have been vetoed)

Secondly, Middle names!

Perdy Matilda
Perdy Anouk
Perdy Harriet
Perdy Juno

Any other suggestions? I'm sensing I need a long middle name to go with it but brain not functioning. Thanks Mumsnetters!

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Allalonenow · 07/11/2012 13:53

I really don't like Perdy, it is too contrived, she will spend her whole life correcting its spelling and explaining that her name isn't Perdita.

Alisvolatpropiis · 07/11/2012 13:53

I'm not sure Perdy works as a standalone name. Perdita is lovely though,can DH not be persuaded?

sonniebonnie · 07/11/2012 13:41

I'd say PER-dita and think it is a lovely name.

chesticles · 07/11/2012 12:43

I know a Perdita, who is mostly known as Perdi. The reason she uses the shortened version is she hates how people pronounce Perdita. Most people say Per-DEETA, with the emphasis on the deeta bit. Whereas the way she perfers her name (how her parents pronouce it I presume) is PURD -ita. A much softer sound.

Woozley · 07/11/2012 12:36

How about Percy/Perse? Like Upstairs Downstairs. Ok, she's a bit of an arse but I like the name, short for Persephone I think.

survivingautumn · 07/11/2012 12:28

I know a little Perdita - often known as Perdy. I really like Perdita and would go with that as the full name personally. If you don't like Perdita I would say choose something else entirely as to me, Perdy just isn't a name in it's own right.

sonniebonnie · 07/11/2012 08:35

Perdita is gorgeous - feminine, classic and beautiful! Perdita also sounds lovely in other languages (e.g. German, French, Spanish etc). Nicknames could include Dita or Perdy but I wouldn't shorten at all!

But Perdy, whilst ok as a nickname for Perdita, is really not nice. It sounds like nerdy or pervy and is just not feminine at all imo (too close to Percy).

ninjasquirrel · 07/11/2012 07:22

I assumed it would be a boy's name - sound's like a cowboy! Sorry, don't like it.

RosannaBanana · 07/11/2012 07:15

Don't really think Perdy works as a name in its own right, sorry.
Has your DH vetoed Harriet? That's great. Or how about-
Collette nn Letty?
Constance- Connie
Greta
Isis
Iris
Penelope- penny or nell?

HarlettOScara · 07/11/2012 04:28

I've never read any Jilly Cooper books so I associate Perdita with the abandoned daughter in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale. I do like the name but not Perdy so much and the meaning would be a deal breaker for me.

sashh · 07/11/2012 04:14

I thought 'pervy' too, sorry

RonettePulaski · 06/11/2012 22:11

very jilly cooper, that's not necessarily a bad thing, 80% of my baby name list is jilly characters

Perdita is a bit sad though. It means lost :(

redrubyshoes · 06/11/2012 22:09

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Wow longest linkie ever!!

MaryAstor · 06/11/2012 22:08

Oh jesus, call her Perdy rather than Perdy-short-for-Prudence.

Prudence really is Godawful. Sounds like 'prunes' and 'Poo-dence' (there is a connection there.)

akaemmafrost · 06/11/2012 22:08

It sounds like a budgies name, sorry but that was my very first thought.

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MaryAstor · 06/11/2012 22:05

I've nothing against shortened names being on birth certificates as a rule, but in this case, I sort of feel that because Perdy is really quite unusual it appears... made up?....unless it's a nickname rather than a full name. IYSWIM (I'm not sure I do!)

I know you hate Perdita (shame - I think it's nice and I know a lovely one), so would you maybe go for Persephone as the 'official' name?

Plus, how can she not be awesome if she's named after the queen of the underworld?

Rhubarbgarden · 06/11/2012 22:04

Perdita is beautiful. Perdy isn't.

cherrypiew3 · 06/11/2012 22:03

Perdy is sweet and I like Matilda for a second name.

DottieRose · 06/11/2012 21:56

I thin Perdy is very cute, it has an upper class quirky feel to it!

Perdy Juno is fantastic! How about Prudence shortened to Perdy? Or Persephone could also have Perdy derived from it!

Anonymumous · 06/11/2012 21:55

Sorry, I think it's too much like Pervy as well.

NellyBluth · 06/11/2012 21:51

Very Jilly Cooper, sorry. But Harriet/Hattie, and Matilda are lovely.

dementedma · 06/11/2012 21:47

Ummm, no. Please don't

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