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Really like Henry but already have a Harry - help!

132 replies

Spellcheck · 05/01/2013 10:32

Please can I have some opinions on this! Expecting my DC4 (DP's 1st) in a few weeks. It's a boy, and we are really stuck for names. I am a teacher and therefore most names remind me of some of the children I teach so I don't want them as they are already 'taken' IYSWIM. The only name we really, really like is Henry.

However, my first son is Harry. It's a name in it's own right, I didn't call him Henry and shorten it, so surely as they will both have different surnames, it would be ok to call DS2 Henry?? Some friends have called the idea into question, and now I've thought about it so much I can't think straight.

What would you think if a friend did it? Or should I say sod what everyone thinks and go for it anyway?

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louloutheshamed · 05/01/2013 10:48

I have a Henry and to me Harry is vv similar, it would be like having a Katherine and a Katie or an Elizabeth and a Beth.

ISpyPlumPie · 05/01/2013 10:46

Honestly? I wouldn't but there were quite a few generations of Henrys-known-as-Harrrys further back in my family so maybe that skews my opinion and I know Harry has become a name in it's own right since then. Still essentially the same name to me though, but both versions are lovely.

Welovecouscous · 05/01/2013 10:36

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saffronwblue · 05/01/2013 10:36

I think it is the same name, but I am a random person on the internet to you, so I think you should go with what you and your DP want.

mrscog · 05/01/2013 10:35

And YY to purple - I didn't know for years that Harry was a shortening for Henry (how is it a shortening anyway with the same amount of letters???!).

mrscog · 05/01/2013 10:34

I wouldn't think anything if a friend did it and I love the name Henry so I'd just go for it! Henry & Harry sounds good together imo!

Purplehonesty · 05/01/2013 10:34

Oh go for it. Not many people I know would realise that Harry is actually short for Henry.
Both lovely names Wink