Dutch Baby boy names

[sparkysalmon]

Can anyone think of a 6 letter boys name, that can be shortened, and works well in English as well as Dutch.
Harmen was suggested, but shortened to Harm doesn't work for me in English!
Any ideas?

Or Dinand

Have you found out the name yet?

No, not yet....he's due mid May so, not too long to wait now ....
I will update when he is here....

Baby Nephew was born this afternoon.

His name is....

Perijn

He's gorgeous and looks just Like his brother as a newborn

Congratulations on the nephew,
How do you pronounce the name?

Congratulations. No idea why they would think it works in English, presume it is pronounced as Pe-rine

Caspar is great

You can't call him Gerrit

Is it Perijn or Pepijn?

It sounds like Purr- rine ( rhyme with lime)

Nickname is Peer...

Which I think of as sounding like Pier...

It's going to be tricky, I can't roll my R's

Really?? Peer means Pear (as in the fruit) in Dutch!

Peer means Pear (as in the fruit) in Dutch!

Yep.

Congratulations! Lovely he's born safe and well.

In addition to Noah, the rest of the Top 5 Dutch boy names include Liam, Luca, Lucas, and Mees.

Don't worry OP. Names are like fashions, They change every year.

Peer must be a local name. He can always call himself Peter internationally as an adult.

Yes, Peer, as in pear🍐!!!!

Well, the parents are Dutch, and living in the Netherlands, so I guess they know what they are doing!

There's a Dutch actor Peer Mascini so, it's clearly not unheard of, it's just unusual to English ears

Currently, popular Dutch boys’ names include Liam, Luca, Lucas. Unless you/they go for older names, I think you’ll find they aren’t that different from the UK.

See here: https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-expat-news/netherlands-most-popular-baby-names-2022

@midsomermurderess
Thanks..baby was born yesterday, and he is called Perijn.