Thoughts on the name Prairie

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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?

Peony or penny is similar

I really like it. But I’m in the US and you hear all sorts of names here. Comes across as ‘hipster’ to me (is that even a thing still?)

I wouldn't call a boy something that rhymes with fairy. Asking for them to be bullied

Babycham

It means meadow in French. Personally I wouldn't go for it, especially not for a boy.

Perry is short for Peregrine presumably? I quite like it but it's quite a full on name!

LOL, no OP. No.

Isn't Perry short for Percival?

I've only heard of it as a girl's name, and then it was a middle name.

I really like Perry, I don't think it's dated at all. However, I'm very much of the 'give a child it's own name' camp so I'd only use as a middle name.

Prairie is a flaky hippy girl’s name. Although a very nice muppet on Sesame Street. Prairie dogs are ground squirrels, like an undersized groundhog or a beefed up gopher. Not an association I’d welcome.

Perry… generally a nickname for a more formal boy’s name like Peregrine or Percival. (Unless he’s a platypus super sleuth, obviously)

Do you mean Little House on the Prairie? Why not call him Laura?
Or a normal name - not Perry, use it as a middle name if you must, but your child has to have this name for life.

I would expect a girl with that name

I prefer Perry.

How about Peregrine shortened to Pip?

I know Savannah is a name but Prairie... NO

Please don't use Prairie. Poor child.

Savannah, Steppe, Veldt, Pampas..

Oh god no.

I much prefer Perry (even though I don’t like the name all that much). Prairie is just utterly ridiculous. I really hope this is a joke.

I’m American, where a huge portion of the middle of the country is actually the prairie, and encountering a person with this name would be particularly bizarre. In a way it does remind me of the girl’s name Savannah, which is popular in America. However, the child is not named after the African grasslands, they are named after the city in Georgia (whose name has a Native American root).

Why not just use Perry as a middle name.

Prairie is awful, especially for a boy. If I met a girl with that name I'd think gosh what were her parents thinking? Double if it was a boy.
Perry at least is an actual name.

Prairie is lovely. For a girl.

Could you go with a ‘near’ name instead of Perry? Percy, Pierre, Pierce, Peter?

I actually thought this was a thread about dogs names

It’s a no from me. I like proper names. Perry is fine, I would assume they were a Percival.

Maybe as a middle name? Our eldest sons middle name is Bayou and I’m glad we used it as a middle name instead of a first name