Persephone

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Nickname Perci. For a girl, what do you think?

Still , do you want to be called Percy? Assuming you’re female of course.

My mum wanted to call me Persephone. My dad vetoed, for which I am grateful.

I love it. Love Percy, or Seffie, or Effie.

Brilliant name, especially with nn Sephy. Have liked it for a long time, think it's getting more popular now.

So long as she is not fat

Any way what is the point in giving a name such as Persephone just for them to be called percy or seph. Seph especially sounds like an illiterate grunt.

Are you joking? She will get bullied. What are you thinking??

I wish I had named DD Persephone and would have also had Percy as a nickname. DH vetoed it as try hard and too posh. That was 13 years ago and now our DC have turned out decidedly middle class (compared to their parents at least) and it would have been totally fine.

Bit pretentious in my opinion

Hahaha

No

Sorry

I prefer Stephanie. Stephie.

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That's just your opinion

Why? Seriously, why on earth would she get bullied?

In my experience of living in a country with multiple cultures (US, European, Australian, Caribbean) and my kids going through the school systems, not ONCE have they ever reported or been aware of a child being bullied for their different name.

Seems to me only British adults ever attach a class marker to a name, or seem to perpetuate the implication that a particular name would be considered a reason for bullying. Ridiculous.

Seriously, get a grip.

Sounds like some weird contraption.

Awful
think of your child having to spell that out at school every day
and how they may be laughed at at high school

I want to like it, classic, brilliant nn potential, timeless in that it has never had a spike in popularity but the myth - it was bad right? If so, it might look like you are ignorant about the myth (just like I am!)

Love it!

I’ve met a Persephone recently, known as Percy. She was under 5 and super cute. I love it.

It’s a very old and distinguished name. So all good as far as it goes.

I do think it has a touch of the social aspirant about it unless you move in posh circles. But that’s not a big deal.

The main trouble with it, IMO, these days is the ‘phone’ ending with its irregular pronunciation. It conjures up thoughts of megaphone, xylophone, francophone, payphone, saxophone etc. But that’s just me.

Percephone is very smart and sweet.
Nick name brain storm ..
Percee
Personie
Cephone
Cephie
Ceff
Seffie
Fonny
Sonic

I really like it. DP hard vetoed it.

My DH did too. I am glad I went for something elses now. It is a beautiful name but quite a statement.

do think it has a touch of the social aspirant about it unless you move in posh circles. But that’s not a big deal.

Indeed.

No. Awful. Trying to hard to be different .
poor child will be spelling that out for years and years.

I love it. Also I'm a Firefly fan so I associate it with the fictional planet.

Perci is also great.

One word of caution, I was a to school with a Philomena, when she started school she found it hard to write her name whereas all the Jane, Susan and Emmas found it easy.