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.

I think calling a child Reggie is just as cruel as calling him Peregrine. Why on earth would you want to saddle a child with either of those names?

I went to school with Peregrine & his brother Talan double barrelled surname. We just called them Peregrine & Talan. They probably had random words like Piglet if their families wanted to shorten them. It seems ridiculous to shorten such distinctive names.

You may as well call the baby Reggie (middle name Kray) in the first place.

My preference from the names suggested in the OP is as follows:
Ludo - fine if short for Ludovic. Would be better as a dog's name
Edmund - ok if you don't mind Ed
Hector- ok apart from 'to hector' being a verb. Would be Hec.
Peregrine - not an ugly sound or a name. Perry's OK as a surname.
Rafe - I don't like the spelling

@1035tg , Theodore is very popular but I can't see why. I can see why Theo might be popular even though I don't particularly like it. OP, if she likes Teddy, could register the baby as Theomund or Theodosius.

Please be kind and choose another name.

Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children/Isn't that a girls' name?/Like the bird?/Is that a real name?

That was almost exactly my train of thought.

Peregrine and Morwenna sound like characters out of a sketch rather than siblings names on 2026.

You could of course call him Reggie, but it’s not a natural diminutive and so unless he is actively introducing himself as Reggie at school and work, it’s not going to be picked up by anyone else.

Peregrine is a really unsatisfying word to say. Perra grin? Perry Green? Takes too much moving or the tongue. Also, not nice for a name, sorry.

Why do people call a baby one name and immediately look for a diminutive?
If you want to call him Peregrine - call him that. If you want to call him Reggie call him that.
As soon as he goes to school his name will get shortened anyway.

Both names a bit odd. Peregrine may work if a family name and your family have all been to Eton in the UK.
I suspect nobody names a child due names of the Mayflower pilgrims in the UK anymore.
Reggie as a name has connotations with Reggie Kray. An east end gangster. You might find some children called Reggie. But more often a dog named it.
Rafe and Edmund are both nice names.

Play it safe and go WaltertheSofty

The Peregrines I know are neither. One is usually known as Per and the other prefers to use their full name.

@MyEasterBonnet , PERRuh-grin (ˈpɛrɪɡrɪn)

I really like Edmund from your list so that would get my vote.

Never ever give your child a name where you don’t like its common shortening.

You might not like Perry, but he may well do. And then, despite your best efforts to call him Reggie, will be known to everyone as Perry.

You aren’t naming a baby, you are naming an adult, and the adult will have their own views.

Christ alive. Just give the child the name you wish to call him.

Reggie? No. Perry is fine, also Peregrine.

And let them have a lifetime of snide comments or worse. I am not going to tell you the name of one family, albeit a surname, where the comments were such that one of the children ended up moving school.

Reggie goes to the boxing club down the East End, Peregrine owns all the properties on the road it's on. Two different worlds.....

Rafe is short for Raphael/Rafael. I like it best of them all, but it sort of seems confusing that the OP wanted a long name that she could immediately shorten.

I think it is hard to make a final name preference without knowing the second name. I like names that balance

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I like the name and nickname.

You will need to raise a tough child with names like that

It sounds made up. Do not do this to your child.

Peregrine and Morwenna are very Cornish names. Are you Cornish? Anyway connected to Cornwall?

peregrine is nice but you have to own the stately home to go with it whereas Reggie is quite common now and similar to Jayden etc

@Ilovemyfam , Rafe is a different way of spelling Ralph. Ralph Fiennes is 'Raif Fines' ((/reɪf ˈfaɪnz/;). Raphael is usually shortened to Raff or Raffy.

@sweatybettytoday , Why would Peregrine be "very Cornish"?
Peregrine means "one from abroad" or "coming from foreign parts".

The only Cornish-ish connection I can think of is that the Duke of Devonshire is called Peregrine, and 'Devon & Cornwall' are sometimes bundled together. They are completely separate counties.

They are two very different feeling names.