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Harris

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WizardSong · 16/06/2015 12:08

DP and me stumbled across this name last night and really love it for a boy. Very early stages of pregnancy with DC2 so don't know what we're having yet.

What do you think of the name?

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JogOnKitty · 16/06/2015 20:20

It is the name of ds1. I wasn't sure at first to be honest, but I love it now and it suits him. Although he isn't an arse. Grin

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WizardSong · 16/06/2015 20:20

I do like Greek names and meanings. Swinging back to using it.. Grin.

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Wishful80smontage · 16/06/2015 20:19

Rolf, then arse sorry it's not good.
If you like surnames as first names then
Porter
Parker
Carson
Emerson

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WizardSong · 16/06/2015 20:19

I don't really want my beautiful child to be known as arse!! Shock

Trying to figure out how common that is though..

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Ludways · 16/06/2015 20:18

I don't really go for the surname as first name thing, but overall it's ok. I have a friend who has a Haris pronounced the same, his father is Greek.

Found this on wiki...
Haris is a first or given mythological Greek name, which means "Grace" [1] or an Arabic Haris, which means watchman or "Guardian".

austenozzy · 16/06/2015 20:16

Ausflug is right, it's "aris" rather than Harris for arse. I'm not keen on those American surname-as-firstname names. Not sure that is def the case with Harris but that's my impression.

Gdydgkyk · 16/06/2015 20:14

I much prefer it to Harrison or Harry

Purplehonesty · 16/06/2015 20:13

I like it. But then I am in Scotland and have never heard the arse thing!

Might be a good name to use North of the border but not elsewhere. Bit like hamish.

Ausflug · 16/06/2015 20:12

I thought the cockney rhyming slang was "Aris", short for Aristotle, which rhymes with bottle. Bottle and glass=arse.

I think of the character in 3 Men in a Boat.

Finola1step · 16/06/2015 20:12

I love it.

Its s family name for us (as a surname, distant relatives).

But I do know someone who has just used it as a first name for her ds2.

Only1scoop · 16/06/2015 20:11

Savoy it means 'arse' here also.

So no I wouldn't call my dc Arse Grin

tinymeteor · 16/06/2015 20:09

Arse? Really????

I think it's great

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WizardSong · 16/06/2015 20:08

It seems to be like marmite, the people on here that like it, REALLY like it and vice versa.

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WizardSong · 16/06/2015 20:07

For some reason the people named here who have it as a surname doesn't bother me, I don't associate out with them at all.

It's the only name I've come across that I really like but a little concerned about the negative aspects of it that have been mentioned here.

Will think about it some more, plenty of time!

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longlistofexlovers · 16/06/2015 20:07

I really, really like it.

OllyBJolly · 16/06/2015 19:46

Love it. Also makes me think of the island.

Dixiebell · 16/06/2015 19:36

I'm not keen personally, but first thing it made me think of was this book: www.chrishaughton.com/george (scroll down to see Harris). Not a bad association, the only Harris I could think of!

blowinahoolie · 16/06/2015 19:27

There's also that fanny called Calvin Harris which springs to mind. It's nothing personal, it's just we all have our own associations with different names and this is one that I find hard to shake.

MamaLazarou · 16/06/2015 16:18

Harris = arse. Sorry.

luckiestgirlintheworld · 16/06/2015 14:39

I just think of Rolf Harris which isn't great. Sorry.

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WizardSong · 16/06/2015 14:35

Thanks. Love your honesty Grin

The surname is a definite surname so that won't be an issue.

I had heard the arse referance before and was wondering how prevalent it was.

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WankerDeAsalWipe · 16/06/2015 14:12

I know quite a few as we are in Scotland and it's a nod to the Island in the same way as Lewis is.

I like it.

KoalaDownUnder · 16/06/2015 13:19

I don't like it at all. Sorry.

I dislike surnames as first names anyway, don't like Harrison, and Harris is even worse.

MoltenBrownChocolate · 16/06/2015 13:15

It's Cockney rhyming slang for arse!!

SavoyCabbage · 16/06/2015 13:08

Doesn't it mean arse?