Perrie

[Jennyvenice]

Dh suggested this today for a girl and I think I quite like it.

I'm not quite sure how to spell it though - Perrie, Peri, Perry...?

I'm also unsure whether it should be short for anything - I think I met a Turkish Peri once whose full name was Perihan, but I'm not sure we could use that for a 100% Welsh kid!

Peri will become Peri Peri Chicken.

I know a Perreline nn Perrie. Def not Peri, it's a medical prefix as in peri-menopausal, peri-natal etc.

Love the name Peri, spelt that way, as a nickname/ known name for Perpetua.

I don't mind it spelt Perrie either, but Perry for me is a more masculine spelling as PP had said.

It's a beautiful name stood alone though to be fair, wouldn't have to be as a nickname/ known name.

Peri-menopause

I know a Perihan too, but I don't like it when people use names from cultures other than their own.

Perdita is nice.

Peri immediately made me think perineum

Peri Brown from Dr Who. Hers was short Perpugilliam though

Peri Gilpin sprung instantly to my mind. Ut's lovely.

Perry is the male equivalent, which just reminds me of the mean doctor in Scrubs

Dd has a book with a fairy called Periwinkle NN Peri

Peri is a mostly archaic word for a fairy, particularly in Persian mythology. The only place I've seen it used that way though is in Gilbert and Sullivan's Iolanthe, a satire in which fairies wreak havoc in the House of Lords - the subtitle of the opera is 'The Peer and the Peri'

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peri

I rather like it!

Peri is medical to me (as others said, peri-menopause etc).
Perry seems "male" like Terry.
Wasn't Perdita the mum of the 1,001 Dalmatians? I do quite like it tho.
Perrie Edwards Little Mix v famous, but up to you if that's an issue. I quite like it, strong not too "girly" and could go with lots of middle and last names easily.

I like Perrie, it's spunky :)