Could Reggie work as an everyday shortening for Peregrine?

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Is it mad, or do you think Reggie could work as an everyday shortening of Peregrine? Yes it is a bit of a stretch to pull a soft g from a hard g but there are stranger ones, like Teddy from Edward. Peregrine is quite a lot of name but an old name with some nice associations such as the falcon or the first mayflower pilgrim born in North America. I was going to put it in the middle family name slot but wonder if Reggie offers a more modern and unpretentious alternative to Peregrine as a first name. I dislike Perry as it feels like the wrong generation and I'm also visualising Kathy Burke. I'm not especially a fan of the name Reggie/Reg as a stand alone but I don't dislike it as a playground name. I'm not a fan of Reginald at all however. I quite like the contrast between Peregrine and Reggie, I could be completely wrong in how this comes across though.

I asked a few of my younger but university educated work colleagues what they thought about the name Peregrine and received answers along the lines of: Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children/Isn't that a girls' name?/Like the bird?/Is that a real name? So I'm not sure it will carry any strong connotations for younger generations other than possibly sounding like a young adult fantasy character. On that note,: Morwenna + Peregrine? I wonder if this seems quite thematic or possibly a teensy bit alternative/glastonbury/pagan revival? Or just two romantic and old fashioned names? I have slightly less grand alternatives such as Ludo/Hector/Rafe/Edmund under consideration as well.

My neighbours pug is called Reggie 😁

You like Peregrine but you're ending up with a 'Reg' which in your own words you're not keen on (and IMO is not nice). Don't do it.

Just find a hyper-posh first name you can use day to day and keep the crazy name as a middle.

I'd suggest Theodore shortened to Teddy instead. Posh but not awful like peregrine (sorry)

@PeonyBulb - thank you for this. In my head I was thinking that Peregrine sounds posh and Reggie sounds working class, but I couldn't think of the right way to describe it. It would definitely be odd to have one as a shortened version of another.

I never get these posts. I thought that nicknames were organic, not mandated by parents

The issue is that it doesn’t matter what you want the diminutive of a name to be, once they get to school, work etc they often end up with the most random names.

I got talked out of a similar female random name and I’m glad I did now

Never heard the name peregrine and can't imagine naming my child after a bird of prey.

I am not planning on naming a baby Teddy or Edward and didn't say or imply that I intended to in my post. I was merely saying that using Teddy as a diminutive for Edward didn't strike me as strange.

Theodore is a name I particularly dislike. I prefer Peregrine by far.

Peregrine, poor kid. If you like Reggie, just use that. Shortening a name immediately/ always is just stupid

Are you the OP? Safe to say we (and the vast majority of people from reading this thread) have differing opinions on names we "particularly dislike" ... but in any case: yes, you can shorten Peregrine to Reggie or Grinnie or whatever you want IF you refer to your child like that from birth (with family and friends) and within childcare etc circles from an early age.

Definitely a contrast!

Reggie is quite a popular name at the moment amongst working class families in my area. I think it will date really badly in a few years.

I've never met a Peregrine in real life but I'd assume either genuinely incredibly posh or hugely pretentious tbh.

You can assign whatever nickname you like to begin, and I actually think Reggie works, but good to be aware that nicknames generally choose themselves so you’ll have every likelihood of raising a Pez 😂

The university educated clarification niggled me too although i’m sure you didn’t mean it as it came across and were thinking maybe it meant more likelihood of exposure to a greater range of people from different/more varied walks of life, for a greater Peregrine reaction sample? though I’m not sure I follow on that one either

More concerningly for a kid these days is the assumption I think that the first mayflower pilgrim born in North America is a positive association. Not so sure on that one.

All the best for a happy and healthy pregnancy and birth

There's a chihuahua called Reggie in our village.

I'm not the OP. I was responding to your post. I have no intention of naming a baby Peregrine either.
If you choose to reply to a post I've made, try actually reading it properly first.

my dad adopted two elderly rescue dogs independently of one another, named ronnie and reggie. looks like the most wannabe hard man ever walking round calling for them

Apologies. You are correct! I should not have quoted you (I was confused as you shared the same taste in names as the OP...). Strong disagree as to your preferences for names however.

I think it works as a nickname. There are a lot of well known nicknames that are less linked to the original as you say. The name Peregrine isn't my cuppa soup though

Both Peregrine and Reggie and awful names, sorry (and I’m university educated, although not posh).

As a university educated female (a very well regarded degree if that makes a difference), I think the name is awful

Ohhhhh my days, my mind is totally blown now!!! But how could Julia be the second Peregrine?? Oh well I suppose she could, she just wouldn’t necessarily have to be a man? Goodness me, all the times I’ve read that book and just assumed it was a woman

Peregrine will be teased for life op, unless youre Royals posh

It’s awful. Just go with Edmund.

Not keen (I have a degree and PhD lol)
ludo is nice. Thought about Hunter?

You can’t always guarantee the nicknames you choose will stick. There’s a kid in DD’s year at school with a formal name shortened by his parents to a diminutive which is, frankly, as much of a stretch as Pereguine / Reggie, so obviously he’s widely known as Smithy at the age of 6.

I’d call him Kes…or even worse R (our) Kes

or I would have ‘Peeeeerrrry, Perry the Platypus’ on a loop in my head.