Pehr Nicholas vs Wren Nicholas

Boy Names
1

See the results of this poll: I prefer…

Respondents: 29 (This poll is closed)

  • Pehr Nicholas : 18 (62%)
  • Wren Nicholas: 11 (38%)
2

I love [name_m]Pehr[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]. Although I’m just realizing now a connection to [name_f]Santa[/name_f] [name_m]Claus[/name_m] (which I find pretty cute, not offputting), as in [name_m]French[/name_m] we say “[name_m]Pere[/name_m] Nöel”, meaning [name_f]Santa[/name_f], and then, as you know, St. [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]… But I just find it super cute. :slight_smile:

3

I prefer [name_u]Wren[/name_u] but I think [name_m]Pehr[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] as a combo flows better.

4

I prefer [name_m]Pehr[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] by a mile.

5

I hadn’t even noticed but that is adorable! Thanks for drawing attention to it :slight_smile:

6

[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] [name_m]Pehr[/name_m] or [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]?

7

[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] is unusable as a fn for me.

8

While I don’t care for [name_m]Pehr[/name_m] at all (would prefer Pear), I still think [name_m]Pehr[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] is the superior combo. The -n in [name_u]Wren[/name_u] blends with the N- in [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] and makes the name fall a little flat to me. [name_m]Pehr[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] has much better rhythm and flow.

I’ll also add that [name_m]Pehr[/name_m] (or rather, [name_m]Per[/name_m]) peaked in the 50’s in Norway and my opinion is quite coloured by that. It has a dated, dull feel to me, probably something like [name_u]Gary[/name_u] feels in the US? Or maybe [name_m]Keith[/name_m] in the UK?

If I were to choose a monosyllabic name to come before [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], in the vein of Pear/[name_m]Pehr[/name_m] or [name_u]Wren[/name_u] I might pick [name_m]Keir[/name_m], [name_u]Rue[/name_u], [name_u]Vale[/name_u], [name_m]Heath[/name_m], [name_u]Elm[/name_u] or [name_m]Lev[/name_m].

[name_m]Keir[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_u]Rue[/name_u] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_u]Vale[/name_u] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Heath[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_u]Elm[/name_u] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Lev[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]

9

Thanks for pointing this out before I ran it past my Norwegian friends! I like [name_u]Vale[/name_u] and [name_u]Elm[/name_u] and awful lot here, so thank you! I’ve never really considered [name_u]Vale[/name_u] on a boy but it’s very handsome. I like [name_m]Lev[/name_m] a lot too but I’m a [name_f]Liv[/name_f] so it wouldn’t work.

10

I actually really like [name_m]Pehr[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], which is funny because [name_u]Wren[/name_u] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] is just a girl’s name with a boy’s name for me (in other words I don’t like it for a boy).

11

I like [name_m]Pehr[/name_m] [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]. I like the sound of [name_u]Wren[/name_u] but spelled [name_u]Ren[/name_u] for a boy as seeing the spelling [name_u]Wren[/name_u] if I was calling a business, etc., I would expect a female to answer. That may get annoying for him. I have also seen [name_u]Ren[/name_u] used as a nn for [name_u]LawRENce[/name_u], [name_m]Soren[/name_m], [name_m]Joren[/name_m], [name_m]Ciaren[/name_m].