Hey all!
I just saw the movie The Hobbit today & I fell in love with the name [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] & the actor 
. Also I always adore [name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] aka [name_m]Pippin[/name_m] from the lord of the rings because of the lovely character with that name.
So what do you think of [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] & [name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] nn [name_m]Pippin[/name_m]?
[name_f]TIA[/name_f].
They are both lovely names! Great option, too.
They are both on my list! Being a huge Middle [name_f]Earth[/name_f] fan I adore both names, particularly [name_m]Peregrin[/name_m]. I would love a little [name_m]Pippin[/name_m] some dayâŠ
Too bad my sister just named her daughter [name_f]Pippa[/name_f] 
EDIT: Just to clarify, I LOVE Pippa, but I donât think itâd be good to have a girl Pip and boy Pip in the familyâŠ
[name_m]Both[/name_m] are pretty cool names [name_f]IMO[/name_f]. I personally slightly prefer [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] to [name_m]Peregrin[/name_m].
Well, I wouldnât use them (on a human) myself even though Iâm a huge Tolkien fan, but they are undeniably really cool names.
If youâre interested, like all the dwarf names (and Gandalf), Tolkien took [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] from an old Icelandic poem called the VöluspĂĄ, or the [name_f]Sibyl[/name_f]'s Prophecy. The original form was Ăorinn, and it means âbrave, daringâ, from the verb aĂ° ĂŸora, to dare. So the name has a far longer history than just The Hobbit. However, it was still a dwarfâs name and the dwarfs were pretty unsavoury characters in Norse mythology. Tolkien definitely improved their image.
I wouldnât use them together, like for two kids in the same family. That would be too much unless you are a super huge Tolkien fan. But I think one or the other is usable. Since both are legitimate names outside of Middle [name_f]Earth[/name_f], you could use one or the other without everyone immediately thinking that you are naming your kids after the Hobbit.
(I am assuming that you are not a huge Tolkien fan, since you wrote that you had just seen the Hobbit movie rather than something like, âmy parents started reading me Tolkien in utero and I have always dreamed of naming my children [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] and [name_m]Thorin[/name_m].â)
Thanks guys for all the help 
Iâam not a obsessed Tolkien fan since I havenât read the books but I have seen all the [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the rings films & the first hobbit but I really like their names. They are handsome & cute most of them.
@jackal : Porinn is certainly unusual but I think I like it. And I agree about Tolkien make them more usable.
i love both names. I prefer [name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] though.
Theyâre great! However, I knew someone that named all her pets after [name_m]Lord[/name_m] of the Rings characters. So, I can only picture [name_m]Pippin[/name_m] on that character, and her cat.
Honestly, Iâm a huge Tolkien fan and feel like [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] (although a legitimate name way before the Hobbit) is too tied to Middle [name_f]Earth[/name_f] for use on a child. After the movies came out, itâs like naming him Peeta because you liked The Hunger Games. [name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] is fine.
Iâm glad youâve come to admire British actor [name_m]Richard[/name_m] Armitage (aka [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] Oakenshield of the Hobbit). I would recommend his earlier work in the TV series of [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Gaskellâs novel â[name_u]North[/name_u] and Southâ. He gives [name_m]Colin[/name_m] [name_f]Firth[/name_f] (aka Mr [name_u]Darcy[/name_u]) a run for his money! I love [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] (with the final "e) because it reminds me of the saint and the falcon rather than the hobbit character. I like the name [name_m]Thor[/name_m] because I knew a wonderful boy with this name in my youth but again [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] is too strongly associated with the Tolkien character (his character isnât a bowl of laughs, is it? :)). If you wouldnât mind people referring to Tolkien every time you introduced your child, then either name would be fine for you. [name_m]Even[/name_m] I have to admit that Tolkien has some wonderful names in his works.
Itâs a pain to type on a normal keyboard I know, but it wasnât Porinn. Ă is a letter that just means unvoiced th, so no difference in pronunciation.
@All people saying [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] was a legitimate name before Tolkien: It has a long history for sure, but it was a dwarfâs name. Not a legitimate name for a human - to my knowledge it was never used as such. It exists as an Icelandic adjective with the same meaning, but not a name. I would strongly wager that any humans named [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] were born after 1937 and named after the Tolkien character. Since like I said youâd hardly want to name a child after the dwarfs of Norse mythology. They were great at smithing and mining, but mostly treacherous, cunning, greedy and cruel of temperament.
[name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] on the other hand has a strong independent life outside of the Tolkien-verse. Of the two itâs definitely the more usable.
Thanks all of you guys for commenting ! I really aprecciate it !
@mischa : I definitly need to look for these series ! Although I love [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] , i just dont like it with the extra -e . I have no idea why Yeh , maybe [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] is too tied to the character . But anyway [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] & [name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] are only GP of me .
@jackal : normal keyboards suck ! I had no idea how to write Porinn the way you did . I have no idea about [name_m]Thorin[/name_m]'s history so i will look it . But i definitly agree with you on what you say
[name_m]How[/name_m] are you pronouncing [name_m]Thorin[/name_m]? I havenât read or watched LOTR. If itâs âthor-inâ, then no I donât like it. [name_m]Just[/name_m] go with [name_m]Thor[/name_m]. If itâs âtor-inâ, then yes. Iâve known a few guys named âtor-inâ with various spellings
I like [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]. [name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] is still great but looks incomplete
@nat108 : I think it pr. [name_m]Thor[/name_m]-in
I like them both, but I wouldnât be as pleased to meet a baby [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] right now as I would have been before the movies came out. I have nothing against [name_m]Richard[/name_m] Armitage, but he shouldnât have been cast as [name_m]Thorin[/name_m]; he doesnât capture the look or feel of the bookâs character very well (for one thing, heâs too young and handsome!) I would tend to assume parents using [name_m]Thorin[/name_m] now had been influenced by the movies and the actor. That said, though, itâs a very cool name and would fit the current two-syllable, N-ending boy names trend while being different.
By the way, did you see the first [name_m]Captain[/name_m] [name_u]America[/name_u] movie with [name_u]Chris[/name_u] [name_m]Evans[/name_m]? [name_m]Richard[/name_m] Armitage makes a brief and violent appearance as a [name_m]German[/name_m] spy for the evil Hydra organization! After having seen The Hobbit, I had to watch that scene over and over to be sure it really was him.
I love [name_m]Peregrin/name_m with nn [name_m]Pippin[/name_m] or [name_m]Pip[/name_m].
I really like [name_m]Peregrin[/name_m] (though I prefer [name_m]Peregrine[/name_m]) and [name_m]Thorin[/name_m]. They sound enchanting, magical, playful, a bit romantic and dashing. I didnât make the LOTR connection with either (though [name_m]Pippin[/name_m] did remind me of the movie) at first- Iâve seen the movie but it was awhile ago. I would say theyâre both usable, and definitely as middles.