Regretting my baby name choice

Please stop regretting it, Harrison is a lovely name! I honestly didn't expect you to say that, I was expecting Jayden or Kai!

Harrison is a lovely name!

Harrison is lovely take no notice of the posters on the baby name threads, my DS's name got a proper slagging off over there, like I'm bothered. Everyone in rl has reacted positive. If you like it keep it.

American? Meant to say name!

Chavvy?

Love it! I had Harrison as a American choice for dc#2, I had a little girl though

Harrison Afful (born 1986), Ghanaian football player
Harrison Barnes (born 1992), NBA player for the Golden State Warriors
Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934), British composer
Harrison Cady (1877–1970), American illustrator
Harrison Craig (born 1994), Australian singer
Harrison Gray Dyar (1805–1875), American inventor
Harrison Dillard (born 1923), American track athlete
Harrison Ford (born 1942), American actor
Harrison Foster Pettit (1930-2014), American lawyer and poltiician
Harrison Gray Otis (publisher) (1837–1917), American publisher
Harry Libbey (Harrison Libbey, 1843–1913), U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1883–1887
Harrison Marks (1926–1997), British photographer
Harrison McCain (1927–2004), Canadian businessman
Harrison Page (born 1941), American actor
Harrison Reed (politician) (1813–1899), American politician
Hatch Rosdahl (1941–2004), American football player
Harrison Salisbury (1908–1993), American journalist
Harrison Schmitt (born 1935), American astronaut and politician
Harrison Storms (1915–1992), American aeronautical engineer
Harrison White (born 1930), American sociologist
Harrison Young (1930–2005), American actor

^^ Not chavvy :)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_(name)

Harrison is defiantly not chavvy (nor is the common shortening of the name Harry!). Harrison is lovely and I think you have picked a really nice name. I honestly wouldn't worry about this anymore and enjoy your son!

According to MN my DDs names are viewed positively and my sons name is chavy. I love all their names!

I like Harrison. Definitely not what I was expecting when you said people had said it's 'chavvy'.

You could shorten it to Harris, a Scottish island that makes world-famous tweed. Nothing chavvy about that!

Oh gosh, I was expecting Jayydynn!

Harrison is fine.

OP one of my DDs names has been called all kinds on here! I don't let it bother me at all because you can't please everyone.

I love Harrison :)

I never thought you could really get chav names just chavy people?

Well, that's the way I've always seen it, myself.

I am one of those people who finds certain names decidedly chavvy,, but I certainly wouldn't count Harrison among them. I wouldn't have had a pink fit if my dd had called her baby boy Harrison.

Harry for short? - to me both of them are nice names. Please don't upset yourself about it any more.

Harrison is very popular around here but not at all chavvy.

Even if if was what's deemed a "chav" name by some people on mumsnet, you can rest assured that their opinion doesn't matter because they're a nasty piece of work. It's just a shame that this kind of unpleasantness is perpetuated. It's so offensive. What they mean by chav is people of a lower social class than them and/or people from an unapproved (by them) ethnic or cultural background.

I always think there should be a rule on the names threads, posters should not be allowed to give negative opinions without stating what their own children's names are people are very vocal on here but not so forth coming about their own choices! Harrison is a lovely name, only one at our dcs' school, he's a lovely cheeky little chappie and really suits his name. Apart from him I always think Harrison ford and think that's a great namesake!

(i think some people are 'snobby' about what they class as 'surname' names as first names, both ds1&3 have names that could be surnames, one modern, one classic (as pp says, often 'boring' on here) and dd has a Welsh name. All chosen for specific reasons. I've had people wrinkle their noses and say ooh they don't go together at all do they!

I think Harrison is lovely, and not chavvy at all. People have all sorts of views (on everything - not just names) but if you like it, stick with it!

Harrison is lovely.

My son has THE most common name in our area (there were 3 others in the ward when he was born!) and on mumsnet everyone always says how chavy and awful it is - but when I chose it I genuinely didn't know any other little ones with the same name as my dd was a lot older so different age group and I didn't use mumsnet! I still love the name, my dd has a very unusual name by comparison! I just chose them because I liked them and still do.

I love the name Harrison, not chavvy at all! My dd's name takes a lot of bashing on here, I still love it though!

That is a lovely name not chavvy at all. People have all sorts of opinions about everything on here, take no notice. I think of Harrison Ford who is a great namesake and not a "chav" last time I checked.

It's a nice name! Would you shorten it to Harry if you're really not happy?

I don't think you have anything to worry about. When we picked DS's name we wanted something that would be taken seriously, whether DS ended up as a judge, a pop star or whatever, Harrison totally fits that test.

No I wouldn't say that's chavvy at all my dds name has been bashed on some threads for being too popular, dull etc and on others they love it so I wouldn't go by that. All that matters is that we love it!