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.

This is a joke..I hope? If not please don't name your child this ridiculous name?! Change your name by deed poll and use it yourself, you'll change it back within a week I'm sure 🤣

Use the name yourself for a week. Introduce yourself as Perspicacious. See what your child would have to live with first.

Then find a nice, normal name for your poor child.

I don't like it!

How about Gordon instead?

Point Perspicacious at the potty

What if he doesn't have great insight etc etc
Ridiculous name to even consider , it'll be like ' morse ' Endeavour

i think it’s
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

If you have 4 syllables surname I would have thought a single syllable first name eg John or Dean. Your child will hate you for that name OP.

FGS OP you’re naming a baby not a character on the Sims.

And Morse so despised his name that he went by his surname for his entire life. Even close friends never knew it. AND Morse blamed his mother, a Quaker, for his ridiculous name.

Lollll

I like it !
Have you considered Jayze as a middle name ? Or perhaps Jaze or Jay-ze ? I'd need the surname to decide which has the best flow .

That would be "fragilistic expialidocious".

Other kids will be especially awful about that one, especially when he gets to secondary.
Perspiring Perspicacious is one of the nicer ones I can think up.
don’t be that parent. He will hate you.

Perfect name!
May I suggest Fallacious as a middle name? Just in case mini Rembrandt lacks perspicacity after all.

Poor angel, he’ll have such a hard time writing his name until probably year 3…

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Why not call him John and just sign him up for a lifetime subscription to Encyclopaedia Britannica? Win win he gets the chance to buy plastic tat with his name on in a gift shop and reading the encyclopaedia means he is sure to “have a ready insight into and understanding of things”.

Your child will think you must have hater him when he was born if you saddle him with such a ridiculous name.

Percy John is lovely and would work with double barrelled surname as relatively simple.

Agreed.

It could work but you have to be careful with the middle name. It needs to have the right flow, if you get what I mean…

This is a joke.. right??

The residents of Gloriavale NZ would approve!

"We name our children to inspire them’ (Charity Love, Willing Disciple, Trust Steadfast, Elijah Overcomer, Faith Ben Israel, Steadfast Joy, Pearl Valour)

Interesting documentary…

Only on Mumsnet could you even think of a name like this and think it's acceptable.

Maybe Intrepid, Valorous or illustrious for a middle name?

I’d steer clear of imprudent or fanatical tbh…