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[gregariouspeach.livejournal.com]

So I was at the gym yesterday and another mother was collecting her daughter from child minding. She had a personalised back pack that read 'Peri' on the back. The little girl was so sweet - incredibly cute and I was like NAW!

But then... as they were walking away the mother says "Winkle! Come here" and I put two and two together.

Yes. Periwinkle.

I checked this morning on the sign in sheet and her full name is Periwinkle. I don't know whether I love it or hate it!

In other news my friend just had a baby and named her Calypso Pearl.

Comments

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

Peri's cute, but I don't think i could bring myself to go for Periwinkle.

Calypso Pearl sounds like a reggae band. i really like Pearl though

[duck-deluxe.livejournal.com]

Periwinkle makes me think of that annoying whiny cat from Blue's Clues. Definitely not for human use.

and Calypso Pearl is.... pretty awful, I think.

[byfaith.livejournal.com]

Peri is cute, and I even like Petri (for a boy), but I don't like Periwinkle. Sounds like a pet's name.

[byfaith.livejournal.com]

P.S. Calypso makes me think of Cyclops.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

All I can think:

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

Petri just reminds me of the pterodactyl from Land Before Time :)

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

When I read the nickname Peri, I was hoping the name would be Persephone. Periwinkle is pretty awful. Some flower names work. This is not one of them.

Calypso is pretty neat, and I like Pearl. I'm not sure how I feel about the combination though.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

I know a little Peri, and we call her Periwinkle for fun, but I don't like it as an actual name.

I really like Pearl.

[coendou.livejournal.com]

Periwinkle is ok, but I would absolutely never, ever, ever call the kid Winkle. *shudder*

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

Periwinkle shouldn't be a name. Pretty sure Scarlett is the only color that can get away with being a name of a human being. I think some people need to remember these are PEOPLE we are naming, not dolls or animals.

I actually kind of like Calypso, it has an interesting ring to it on a child, however, I think I'd expect the child to be a bit of a handful.

[winninghearts.livejournal.com]

I can think of a few other color names that work. Violet. Olive. Gray. Hazel.

But PERIWINKLE? No.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Periwinkle is so cutesy. TOO cutesy. And calling her "Winkle"... come on, mom!

If I just saw Calypso, I would assume it was a boy's name. =\ I could almost see it for a boy, but definitely not a girl.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Those sound...very hippie-dippie.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Calypso Pearl is such a badass name. I probably wouldn't name my kid that because it sound a little...superhero/comic book character, but I still really like it.

Periwinkle...I don't like that at all.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Funny, I think of her (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso_(mythology)) when I hear Calypso, so it's super girly to me!

[harinakshi.livejournal.com]

I guess I never thought of Olive as a color, where I'm from it's like, olive capital of the world so I always think of the food. And I totally forgot about Violet and Hazel, and Gray definitely never crossed my mind, so you are right, but, yea, there is something about periwinkle that just should never be strapped to a person!

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

I had a class with a girl named Perry and I thought it was repulsive. Her full name was Perry, her mom's maiden name, not Perrywinkle. Perrywinkle just takes repulsive to a whole new level, though.

I think Calipso is kind of cool and definitely think of a girl. Pearl is a little too old lady-ish for me, don't know why, but it's not a horrible name. Wouldn't pair it with Calipso though. But, not my kid. :)

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

I think Periwinkle would be adorable as a middle name or for a cat or something...I don't hate it, but I'm kinda glad it's not my name. I imagine she'll get lots of "winky" teasing...well maybe not, since you're in Australia and I don't know if winky is a slang term there, but here it's a cutesy slang for penis...

Calypso Pearl is pretty. :)

[rosabelle.livejournal.com]

I think Periwinkle would be a cute middle name, but it's too much for a first name.

I'm meh about Calypso, but I love Pearl.

[coffeecup37.livejournal.com]

Ok, I think I love it, haha!

[ringsandcoffee.livejournal.com]

Calypso Pearl reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean.

Hmm, I vote no on Periwinkle.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I think it's cute, although I don't like the nickname Winkle! Sounds like a frou-frou dog's name!!

Calypso Pearl is interesting. At first I don't feel like they go together but then I think of someone pearl diving off of Jamaica (lol... idk). Kinda sounds like the name of a rum drink.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Cutesy slang here too, but more my generation, not my children's.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

My kitty's name is Persephone. :D We call her Persy, Perse, Perser. Never would have though of Peri, though.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

lol

<3

[nafrate.livejournal.com]

lol now I am wondering if any fine soul has named their child Puce for the ~uniqueness~ factor

[nafrate.livejournal.com]

Periwinkle would work better as a middle name. Peri is cute but Winkle is just...too much.

Calypso Pearl sounds like a mixed alcoholic beverage based on the Pirates of the Caribbean movie.