Perspicacious for a boy

[SaskiaRembrandt]

I know the practice of giving babies' grace names has fallen out favour, but I've always loved it. Bearing that in mind, I'd love to hear your opinions of Perspicacious for a boy. It means ''having a ready insight into and understanding of things' which are qualities I'd like my child to have. Saying that, I'd appreciate feedback.

He will most likely be the only Perspicacious in his class at school if that’s important to you.

Or maybe even born in the country that year IDK.

@SaskiaRembrandt PP's have given some good ideas for less torturous names after qualities. How about Valiant, as in The Legend of Prince Valiant? Dating myself there :)

Ah @WhimsicalGubbins I am of the opinion that @SaskiaRembrandt was in need of a laugh, and if so, she certainly got one 😊

However, my first DS certainly did develop into his name (named after a Saint), and I do still believe in Magic and Fairy Dust.

Science only covers the things so far discovered and/or proved. I love your name, but I wish for your sake that you could live up to it 🧚‍♀️

Excellent!

yes I agree this is definitely a joke I hate these stupid taking the piss threads. I can't even read the name so no ides how it is pronounced. I'd just go for percy.

Just no.
You will be making your son stand out amongst his peers from the get go and he will likely spend part/all of his educational years being embarrassed and/or bullied. You may have a son who is very confident and can withstand whatever comes his way off the back of it, however, if your son is shy/an introvert then that's going to be truly awful for him. You may like the name a lot but, for your son's sake, you need to put your sensible head on OP.

What about the perennial MN favourite Balloonz...?

Balonz

I actually think this must be a wind up.

Makes me think of perspiration.

It's too similar to Perspiration. He'll get called Stinky.
That aside, it's still a dreadful idea.

He can be mates with my little lad, Richasfuck

Hey! I am whimsical

My mood can change in the blink of an eye. Lol!

No, no, a thousand times no. Many (most) people won't know how it is pronounced, what it means, or how it is spelled. They will avoid using his name.

Patience and Hope are accepted names. Perspic-whatever isn't.

@User2145738790 I am sober, I am grumpy, I am not well, and I think it is very funny. It is the way you tell them, and
@SaskiaRembrandt has told this brilliantly.

She has the deliverance and timing of a very successful stand-up comic. It is a pity that you cannot see this. Some of the replys to her have been little gems, but yours is also funny - in it's unfunniness 😉

Needs more middle names.

I knew someone with Muireartaigh as his first name. He was dyslexic. That's something you need to think about. You don't want a child to have to write an essay for his name.

You can't possibly be for real???!

Just choose a normal name for the poor little bugger!!!

Brilliant 😀

Sorry, no. I generally don't care what people want to call their DC, but that is just too much - especially with a four syllable surname. The poor child will be forever spelling it and explaining why he is called that.

Haha, good point!

FFS life is hard enough without being saddled with that claptrap. How about Michael or David or Robert?

Oh well spotted. Using the OP's logic the grace names she cited in support of this would be Patient , Graceful and Hopefully or Full of Hope.

You're making the same mistake as the OP. It would be Audacity.

Why not just call him 'Having a ready insight into and understanding of things', it's easier to spell.

That made me laugh out loud.

The OP must however surely be on a wind up?