Peregrine

[Stellan]

So how posh do you have to be before you can use a name like this?

I really like it!

You have to be the Mayor of Upper Poshton to use that one.

Or a falcon.

It is trying way too hard to be posh. people will laugh unless you positively reek of money.

Seems to be a lot of Atticus, Quentin, Orlando, Monty etc. on MN these days so it seems extra-posh is "in"

You also have to time travel to about 1890, and train your son to be a World War 1 fighter pilot. He'll need to grow a substantial moustache too!

I know a Peregrine who goes by the nickname Perry. They're a lovely family and not particularly posh.

I think any name just becomes the person who owns it. I know boys called Quentin and Monty who, to me, are just two cheeky 7 year olds, I don't think of them as 'chav' or 'posh'. Also, most 'posh' names move down the ranks over time anyway (e.g. Sebastian was super posh only 5-10 years ago...), there's a great chapter in Freakonomics about this.

Anyway, if you like Peregrine, I'd go for it!

I know a posh, Scottish Peregrine. Suits him perfectly.

Oh god, please don't

I like Peregrine, nickname Perry.

I don't think you have to 'be' anything, you just have to be yourself. If people don't like you because they don't like your name, then it's their loss as far as I'm concerned.

No. It's the hormones talking. Believe me.

What about Perrin instead?

And, Aworryingtrend, what does money have to do with it ?

Do rich people, like the Beckhams, get to choose more unusual names? And the rest of us have to stick to 'normal' names?

Trestle Peregrines across the land would have you publically flogged for lumping them in with Orlandos and Montys. Orlando and Monty become the names of mere street urchins when in the presence of the mighty Peregrine.

Monty owns a stately pile in Devon.
Peregrine owns Devon.

Have a peregrine
Then name the next one Algernon

I wish I dh had had the guts

I know a Perry, which I think is short for Peregrine. He's lovely so I have good associations with the name.

(I don't like Algie/Algernon though - sounds like Algae...)

It's a birds name.

:o

Fool of a Took.

:o at "mere street urchins" squoosh

I know of someone called 'Grouse'. He might well own Devon.

It's beyond dire. How thoughtless do you have to inflict a child with a name like Peregrine.

Please don't.

I love the idea but I think it might be a tad hard to carry it off.

It's rather grandiose, you could say it was made to look elaborate on purpose and that bothers me a bit.

I guess it depends where you live.
Around mine, middle of the road names reign supreme, a Peregrine will stick out like a sore thumb so I would not "inflict" it on my boy.

But I do love that name sooo much. Would Perry not be easier to wear?

But Peregrine, with 3 syllables, is no longer or grander than, say, Sebastian, Theodore or Nathaniel, all of which are used fairly commonly. And I agree that Perry is a good nickname.

Peregrine is a helluva lot grander than Theodore or Nathaniel.

There actually is no posher name in existence. Most people's reaction to Peregrine would be 'Oooooh, posh!'. Nathaniel would not elicit such a response.

Julian Fellowes son is called Peregrine. I think that says it all!

I know one nick named Pez and he's really nice!

I'm sure Pippin in LOTR is Peregrine ??

Anyway yeah I like it especially Perry for short . I like Perri for a girl too .