Thoughts on the name Prairie

[lil812]

What do you guys think of the name Prairie for a boy, my husband wanted to honor his Dad, Perry, if it’s a boy, but I feel like it’s a little dated, I think Prairie sounds kind of cute & more modern….Do you guys prefer the name Perry or Prairie?

I know a Prairie! She doesn’t have the hippy dippy vibes you’d expect and seems like she should have been named Anne. But it’s a sweet name!

Oh god none

Oh hang on I thought Prairie is a girl? Like naming the granddaughter after her grandpa?

I like Perri, there is a male Perri from Diverity (the dance group) though also female Perrie from Little Mix…
Prairie if it’s actually a name (not convinced it is) would definitely be a girls name.

@Kanaloa I thought Prairie sounded kind of gender neutral, I honestly think it’s sounds very similar to Perry, just a little more exciting. Tbh I don’t like the name Perry, I just thought Prairie would be a cute alternative

@Thefaceofboe

Prairie is nothing like Perry so I wouldn’t see that as honouring his Dad at all. I would also presume Prairie was a girl.

Agree, wouldn't be honouring him at all - it's a completely different nonname! Was Perry short for anything?

Like Prarie-Dawn.

Little house on the -?

• dog?

No, sorry.

Its not really a name

"Hey FIL, we wanted to "honour" you by naming our son after you but your name is so ugly that we came up with something entirely different -and fcking ridiculous- ."

Along a similar vein, Savannah is a lovely name and doesn't have the 'dog' connotation.

If you're changing Perry but keeping it similar why not terry or kerrie or Jerry or percy.

...or Perry as a middle name?

@whatausername

"Hey FIL, we wanted to "honour" you by naming our son after you but your name is so ugly that we came up with something entirely different -and fcking ridiculous- ."

Tundra, Desert, Temperate Woodland? I suppose Savannah works as a name as physical geography term.

Dog?

Prairie sounds like praline, no OP sorry but no. Perry - slightly better. What is the deal with naming children after someone “to honour them”? Can people not honour their child by giving them their own name which they deserve? They are a separate person after all… I never understood it, it makes no sense to me

As in little house on the prairie? 😂 though I'm old, I don't reckon today's youth will remember that tv show!

Its dire. Not even a name. At least Perry is a name. Thats about all that can be said for it though.

God please don’t

Go with Perry for a middle name and something else entirely for the first name

Sorry op!!

I actually think it's really pretty but it sounds like a girl's name and would be more suited to a North American child IMO, where the term is used. Seems a bit random otherwise.

What about Bigwoods

I would have thought it was a girls name. Its a very pretty name but its far too feminine for a boy, IMO

Might get called Little house on the....

Peirs and pierce is better.

Perrin

It doesn't really shorten, does it? You'd end up saying 'Prair' which would be odd.