Henry as brother for Harry?

I thought it was obviously a flippant exaggeration.

Well in fairness you did present it as fact.
Anyway, out of interest here are the most popular names of about 70 years ago. www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2011/06/1944-to-2009.html
Interesting to see both Jack and John appear on the list.

That was a slight exaggeration pipbin, but you must understand the meaning. There were far fewer names used. To use an unusual name was more unusual. Now lots of names are unusual. Once upon a time the number one name was used by about 15% of people now the number one name is used by less than 1%. These aren't exact stats, btw, but it's not a secret that in the past far fewer names were used. Amusing to have that challenged with a !

70 years ago, everybody was given a name from a short list of about twenty names

What? That's why all 70 year olds have one of 20 names

I know brothers called John and Jonathan.

"I also judge people who use Jacob and James, as both names come from the same root Hebrew name, so in effect they are also the same name"

How many centuries ago did the two names diverge?

Anyone who's worried about nasty 9 year olds could spell the name Aneirin. that's the original spelling anyway.

The best know Aneirin is the 6th-7th century poet who composed the epic poem usually called the "Gododdin".

Every single name in the planet is capable of being used for teasing.

I'm surprised that Aneurin is being picked up as easily teasable

I would not subject my child to a name which a nasty 9 yr old could so easily have fun with.

*daft
Also I am referring to my post a couple of 'pages' back.

I'm not British so didn't grow up with such names as Aneurin. My fault entirely for coming across uneducated and dsft. Apologies.
I still stand by my opinion of WORST combo for twins' names.
Aneurin and Harry. Aneurin and another Welsh name but not Harry.

It's not An-urine, pronounced An-urine.

It's An-eurin, pronunced An-eye-rin.

Astonished anyone other than a nasty nine year old would go to all the effort of mispronouncing it as the former.

But as there are plenty of nasty nine year olds in the world I am glad I didn't call my son that. Although it is a lovely name.

An-urine? You're having a laugh, no?

Harry-Henry sibling set suggests a lack of imagination, and not treating the 2nd-born child as an individual; else an unexpected twin. My dad & his twin have names like Jamie & Jim.

I like Hamish

Glad to see sense has prevailed.

I agree that John and Jack should never be used together either, I know someone who named their son Jack John, and I judge them.

I also judge people who use Jacob and James, as both names come from the same root Hebrew name, so in effect they are also the same name.

Thanks Patty! My brain had been saying it in my head as aneurysm but ending in 'n' not 'sm' and it was annoying the hell out of me.

Granddad*

My gran dad's name is Henry/Harry

My cousin has two boys called John and Jack and I judge him for that. Like Harry/Henry, it's the same name!

How aobut Matthew?
not too popular,

Ooh ooh I love the name Aneurin. Nye for short. DH vetoed it on the spurious grounds that we are not Welsh. Hmph.

I came across two brothers called William and Liam once.

I do like Hamish OP

iamanintrovert, English speakers generally pronounce Aneurin an-EYE-rin.

In South Wales Welsh it's pronounced an-AY-rin, and in traditional North Wales Welsh you'd be able to hear the u a bit more.

Though Welsh speakers might be more likely to use the spelling Aneirin, like the poet - so the an-AY-rin pronunciation. Aneurin is a spelling error, really (a bit like Imogen).

It is very nice to read a thread where the OP asked a question, there was a resounding answer against her idea AND she listened to what people said.
Too often on here, people ask a Q (esp in AIBU) with absolutely no intention to even consider what those replying say, even when there is a strong consensus that the poster IBU.
I understand that people sometimes weigh the views of others and then reject them, which is fine, but too often an OP can refuse to even consider and dig into a stubborn and daft position. I always wonder why people ask if they aren't prepared to consider alternatives. Glad to see this wasn't one of those threads.

Thanks OP!

Also amused by idea of Harry not being a version of Henry in certain 'areas' - surely just means the poster and their 3 friends hadn't realised!

Traditional names have a lot of nicknames because sons were named for fathers and grandfathers and you might get three or more people with the same name in the family - nicknames avoided confusion.

What about James if you want a nice traditional name - also goes with Harry quite well (and you can shorten to Jamie or Jim)