Billie or Perrie?

[Chamar]

Hi,

due to have a baby girl in just under two weeks. What name do you all prefer please?

Billie. My child’s uncle is called Perry so I associate it with males, he does get called periwinkle a lot though, a sweet childhood nickname.

Sorry Perrier reminds me of https://www.google.com/search?q=fred+and+perry+go+large&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

Billie

Sorry, but I dislike both for a girl.
Billie is marginally better, because I too think of Fred and Perry go large. 😬

Billie

Perry makes me think of Kevin the teenager's friend (played by Kathy Burke)

I've never heard of a female Perry, so for that reason alone, I'd go for Billie.

Billie, lovely name

Perrie as in Little Mix?
I prefer Billie myself, but both are fine.

Billie would get my vote. Purely of my late 90s cultural references I’d prefer Billie Piper to Perry “Yes Mrs Patterson”.

For younger people they’d have the much nicer connection of Perrie from Little Mix! So perhaps depends how old you are?

One of the women in Little Mix is a Perrie.

I think the "ie" spelling makes all the difference and is nicer than the y version. Still feels like a surname rather than a first name to me though.

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perrie menopause

Billie

Billie

i associated Perrie with menopause and Kevin the Teenager.

Prefer Billie

Perrie reminds me of Kevin and Perry and also cheap drink

Perrie spelt that way looks like Pierre at first glance. Spell it perry if you want to use it.

Perry is a type of water and BIlly is a goat.

I dislike both. Sorry

Billie

Perrie is cute but I've never come across it for a girl or spelled like that. I'd just assume a boy called Perry if I heard it.

Billie

Not keen on either but really dislike Perrie/Perry. Makes me think of Kevin The Teenager's buddy and the pear equivalent of cider popular in 1980's.

Little Mix

Well you learn something new every day. I always thought they were called Little Minx! 😬

If you want a boy name for a girl, how about Jamie or Drew.

I'm sorry but they are both awful.

Both horrible.

Sorry but Perrie reminds me of a Peri Bottle

much as I do love Billie Piper, I don’t love Billie as a name.it sounds like a NN to me from Belinda or Willomena etc etc
I’m from the school of not using NN as given first names because who is to say that the child will find affinity with the NN version as they grow up? The full version comes with flexibility. I appreciate that this is quite an old school perspective.

Im particular, I don’t love “ie” for a girl as they are lovely when little, but when you grow up you might feel you’ve outgrown that diminutive sound. I spend a lot it my time being patronised because I’m a woman who looks quite young for her age. A childish name would not help with this!

If you like unisex names have you considered some of the more classic unisex names?
I like Frances NN Frank/Frankie
Other nice ones (in my opinion) include Hillary NN Hillie, Evelyn NN Evie, Adrian (Adrienne) NN Adie/Ria
etc.

good luck with your choice and forthcoming baby!