Peregrine

[Stellan]

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

I really like it!

I wonder why people regard Peregrine as 'grander' than other 'grand' names e.g. Magnus, Maximilan or Archibald. The meaning of Peregring (traveller) doesn't signify any 'grandness', does it?

And nicknames Perry or Pippin are no different than Alfie or Archie, are they?

Sorry it's awful.

It's a nice middle name.

It's ghastly.A middle name if you must,but certainly not as the first name.

How posh? I'd say as posh as my in-laws :o , since it is my BIL's name (meaning aristocratic title + Eton + 3 middle names). He goes by the nn Perry.

I quite like it though, I feel the nn makes it simpler and easier to live with.

Yes it is Pippin's name in LOTR. Go for it if you want his fists to get hard and his wits keen Boy Named Sue stylee.

It is incredibly grand.

The Duke of Devonshire is called Peregrine.

It's actually rather nice, but I couldn't use it in a million years, not with my lower class vowels.

Never thought it was possible. But it's even worse than Ptolemy. Well perhaps not. But it's totally beyond dire.

I think it's fine. If people want to be judgemental, they'll always find something - your house, your car, your accent.

Use the name if you like it. I think Pippin or Pip is a MUCH nicer nn than Perry.

I like that certain people find it ghastly. It means it'll never become as common as some lovely names have. Olivia used to be posh and slightly unusual but now it's as common as mud.

(I don't have a peregrine or an Olivia!)

I don't think it's necessary to be posh if you're a hobbit.

Otherwise, yes, you need to live in a castle.

I love the name
I know a child named Ptolemy... now that is ...different :)

My cat's called Perry, he's not posh (Neither is the platapus who he's named after)

Perry makes me think of Kevin the teenager in Harry Enfield

Too birdy. Sorry.

The ultimate MN name...

Conjures up posh, useless and sexless I'm afraid, up there with Cuthbert.

I was at uni with a peregrine. He was an Honorable. So a huge posho. Also a bit of a deviant if I recall but story not appropriate for a baby names forum!

Polly, you tease! Go on...

It's a nice name but hard to pull off in everyday life I would imagine!

Ha badgering! His preference was for showers of the golden variety. Put me right off the name. Sorry everyone else

Sorry badgerina. Stupid iPad making up its own words again