Does being called Piers confine the bearer to a life of pink shirts?

[mrsseanbean]

I quite like the name though.

why?

Why do I like it?

I don't know; I am not sure if you can explain likes and dislikes.

Yes.

There are two Piers in DS2's class. One will definitely be wearing pink shirts.

yes, same class as Tristram/Christian/Miles etc

Oh dear. I like Christian too.
It seems my boy names are either wildly offbeat (Archimedes for example, now whet would he wear?) or pink-shirted.

Erm...... 'fraid so!

lol - I'm an inverted snob though and I admit it

horatio?

Yes. Also Boden-modelling.

There is a Kevin in the current Boden catalogue.

I know a lovely Piers. He is 15 and has flippy blond hair .

Lol! Yes and Hugo, Rupert and Crispin. I did mention this once on a thread and got a right ticking off from a well known mumsnetter (can't remember who now) so brace yourself.

We all know it's true though...

I also like Hugo. But with a lamentable lack of foresight I gave my cat that name, so think it's ruled out.

my husband would say so...

There is nothing wrong with pink shirts, per se.

Do you mean pink as in colour or brand (Thomas Pink)???

I'm struggling to see a connection with either... please can someone explain...

The colour. IME.

I just cannot stand that name

Piers is a lovely, old, traditional name - I really like it and know a lovely 12 year old Piers.

I still don't get the pink connection....

It was a silly joke where I worked sonniboo, there were a couple of Piers and they both seemed to wear a lot of pink. One can't tar all Piers with the same brush of course

i was just thinking of this name today. Dh would never go for it but i think it's rather nice. (DH does wear a lot of pink himself though.)

I always think of a Piers as being an upper class sort of name. On the other hand, it makes me think of the seaside too.

My boss is called Piers and he is upper class and does wear pink shirts! lol

negative connotation's for me,worked with a toff who pronounced it "pee-arse".quite apt really

Interseting!
Any Piers from other social strata lurking out there?