Could Reggie work as an everyday shortening for Peregrine?

I think, though, this is touching on the difference between a diminutive and a nickname.

Nicknames are organic and very often unrelated to the name itself. For example when Priscilla turns two and has two prominent front teeth, she gets the nickname Bunny, which is unrelated to Priscilla, but sticks amongst family and close friends, but usually not teachers or employers.

Or Oliver gets cold aged 3 and says he "froz" so gets the nickname Froz.

A diminutive is a short form of a name that tends to have an established use - such as Tim for Timothy, Matt for Matthew - and it is that "established use" that is key here. Yes, some are less self-evident than others, such as Libby for Elizabeth, as opposed to Beth or Liz. But it is still a diminutive that has evolved and isn't just plucked out of thin air.

You mentioned Teddy for Edward, OP, and I see where you are coming from in that it doesn't necessarily get lifted straight from the spelling of the name, but the difference is that many generations of Edwards have been known as Ted or Teddy in a way that Peregrines just haven't been called Reggie.

So I think what you are really suggesting is a nickname that won't necessarily "stick" well, and anyone who knows his name is Peregrine will tend to shorten it to Perry in the same way that Froz will get Olly by people who know his name is Oliver.

Was thinking of this thread ... My son plays football with a Rafe (pronounced raf), I've always loved the name, son said today " omg Im so glad my name's not rafael like poor raffa"...

WHY can’t anyone give their child a normal name !!!!!!!!

Peregrine is terrible, i automatically think of peregrine falcon. Even without the bird of prey reference it is terrible. Reggie is also terrible

Quite like Peregrine. Can't see why you shouldn't use Reggie. I don't like Perry (I think because of the pear cider). I suppose you could also follow Tolkien and abbreviate to Pippin or Pip.

Peregrine is comically terrible.

I like Morwenna but I'd think the parents who'd produced such siblings had very different taste and had each been given full control over one child's name.

Morwenna is cool and witchy, Peregrine is some stuffy old retired brigadier who calls women 'fillies'.

Please give more consideration to Edmund.

I know of a Reginald who's shortening was pronounced "Reggae" to distinguish him from other Reggies in the family. Would this work for Peregrine, if you go for it?

I know what you mean - I’ve read about peregrination in books about pilgrimage - but my latest issue of the RSPB magazine has an article on ‘the peregrine’ and references Baker’s book “The Peregrine”, so I would argue that ‘peregrine’ is, these days, a nature name.

Choose Edmund.

Reggie is a bloke name, and Peregrine is much more upstream troutish. Never the twain shall meet.

Morwenna and Edmund has a whiff of Narnia and the Knights of the Round Table (or at least ye olde mists of tyme).

Edmund is far nicer than Peregrine.
Not keen on the others on your list though.
But to answer your question no I don’t think Reggie works as a nn, it’s a very different vibe.
Reg could work at a push, prefer Perry though or just call him Peregrine.

Julian is nice and slightly posh although might be a bit old fashioned. Then he could be Joolz. I don’t like Peregrine and don’t think Reg would work.

@CaptainMyCaptain , I was responding to the poster who said it was 'very Cornish'. Your rather patronising post quoting me wasn't relevant either.

At the point you are calling them Peregrine, just about any nickname is acceptable too.

And the Duke of Devonshire lives at Chatsworth in Derbyshire anyway. None of that really relevant to the choice of name anyway.

This. You can't control what his friends will call him.

Morwenna is Cornish.

I think of Morwenna as a Cornish name (or Celtic at least). Would you consider Petroc instead of Peregrine? I think Morwenna and Petroc pair nicely.

I wouldn't put Peregrine as a nature name. It makes everyone think of a peregrine falcon, but it just means pilgrim/wanderer, which isn't very nature-y. The falcon migrates long distances so they included peregrine in its name.

I'd go for Edmund too.

Pippin is short for Peregrine. At least that is the only shortening I know - but it is the name of a hobbit.

Just remember that you can't control what nickname his peers give him. Whilst you like Reggie as a shortened version, they could call him Grinnie.

DS was at uni with a young man called Rameses. Love the name but I wouldn't have been brave enough! Their friendship group called him The Great without using his forename at all. I've just checked with DS and he's still in his contacts as that. Probably not what his parents expected but he loved it and it's stuck for years now.

Pericles 😁 That’s cool as fuck

Reggie is alot more popular than any of your others, if that bothers you.
I think if you like Reggie it would be more sensible to just name him Reggie. Although I don’t like it much. I think Edmund is good.

Do not make your poor child peregrine. They don’t deserve that life.

We used to know a Perry, but it was short for Pericles - he was Greek.

TBH I’d think naming an innocent little baby Peregrine would be akin to child abuse.

Perry as in: Kevin and Perry go large!
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