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Harper Addy

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LillyRose86 · 03/04/2015 17:47

I started a threat last week asking for opinions on Willow Addy or Orla Addy and got really negative feedback!! Our surname goes with nothing :(:( Feeling down today.

Thoughts on Harper Addy? Lynn or Rose as MN (both family members)

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imnotproud · 03/04/2015 20:23

Choose what you like, tell no one! When they're here the name you choose will just sound right as there'll be a little person for it. I think they all sound just fine.

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LillyRose86 · 03/04/2015 20:54

I am so grateful for every single reply although no where near closer choosing!!!! Ahhhh. I bet we have a boy ha-ha! I love Penelope just hope no one thinks we nsmed her after the Kardashian kid!!

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Vijac · 03/04/2015 21:09

I love Orla. I wouldn't worry too much about if a name 'goes' with a surname. The first names are used by themselves most of the time. Plus she may change her name if she marrys later in life and spend 60 years with a different surname!

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LillyRose86 · 03/04/2015 21:18

Vijac - very, very good point!

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Eggrique · 03/04/2015 21:24

Sorry I couldn't disagree more with that point. I really couldn't.

ThroughThickandThin · 03/04/2015 21:35

Why not?

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LillyRose86 · 03/04/2015 21:36

Yes, why not? Confused!!!

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bridgetsmummy · 03/04/2015 21:38

Meredith Addy sounds nice to me, we have a similar surname (same first 2 letters, 2 syllables) and that is the name I would use if we had another

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LillyRose86 · 03/04/2015 21:42

Meredith is sweet

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WhenMarnieWasThere · 03/04/2015 21:43

I love the name Harper. It's the character in the book Grave Secrets.

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LillyRose86 · 03/04/2015 21:44

I love Harper too :) I love all 4 of our names tbh :(

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Eggrique · 03/04/2015 21:46

First names are used by themselves most of the time?

A name identifies a whole new human being. Who goes by one name only? only within the confines of family and friends, but not through life.

The point about not worrying about a girl's full name because she might be marrying and changing her surname in later life is, frankly, beyond insulting. I really can't believe anyone would even say that.

Firefly7 · 03/04/2015 21:58

Harper Rose Addy??

BifsWif · 03/04/2015 22:23

I love Harper, my favourite book growing up was To Kill A Mockingbird, but nobody makes that connection they just think of the Beckhams. If it wasn't for them, that's what our DD (due in 6 weeks) would be called.

nooka · 03/04/2015 22:25

I doubt very many people will even remember that there is a Kardashian child called Penelope, most of them have much more memorable (and IMO terrible) names, those are the ones people would think about. All those 'K's and the awful North (poor poor child!).

I woudl still worry about the likelihood of her being known as Penny though, Penny Addy sounds a bit odd - too currency/mathsish for me!

0ldF0x · 03/04/2015 22:35

I beg to differ bifsWif Everybody knows that the author of To Kill a Mocking Bird was written by Harper Lee because it is on the school syllabus for the entire American nation. Also, it cropped up on my school syllabus and I'm not American. So if people give that name as if to suggest that they are literary it would make me roll my eyes a bit.

Most people would struggle to name 50% of the Beckham's children I think.

NormaSwilley · 04/04/2015 00:32

And her full name is Nelle Harper Lee anyway. Like I said, it's a surname.

Vijac · 04/04/2015 01:06

Not sure why that my comment was so very awful! I just don't think first and surnames need to be all perfect matchy matchy. I mean obviously, don't choose something that really clashes or sounds stupid like Iona Carr or Clifford Topp, but most names sound fine together. And I think the most important thing is that you like them separately, as the first name is by itself in the vast majority of speech. I also don't get the middle name matching thing. As long as the initials don't spell something awful then just choose one you like/one to remember a family member Etc.

Instituteofstudies · 04/04/2015 01:17

To Kill A Mockingbird is my favourite book, so I love the name Harper. I think Harper Rose is lovely. Harper is sort of a sharp sounding name and then balanced by Rose, which is soft sounding. i wouldn't be bothered about the Beckham connection personally and think it works with Addy.

strawberry01 · 04/04/2015 03:48

Orla goes well with your 2nd name imo

GlitzAndGigglesx · 04/04/2015 03:57

Orla Rose

GlitzAndGigglesx · 04/04/2015 03:58

Sorry but I can't stand Harper. Orla is a lovely name

BifsWif · 04/04/2015 07:41

OldFox, you would think that would be the case wouldn't you? Not so in my experience - when we told people we were thinking of naming her Harper, the Beckhams were mentioned significantly more than the book. I think that's the case in this thread also.

BifsWif · 04/04/2015 07:46

And I'm not sure who is suggesting they are literary by saying it's their favourite book?

It was on the curriculum for GCSE English while I was at school, and probably still is. The fact that I read it at school with thousands of other children doesn't make me love the book any less, it just makes it more surprising that the majority of people I've spoken with connect the name Harper to the Beckhams and don't recognise that it's also the name of the author of a very popular and much loved book.

SunshineAndShadows · 04/04/2015 08:04

Reminds me of Harper Adams the university. Not nice.

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