Is Harvey a no-go now?

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triangularchocolate · 17/10/2017 21:07

I don't like many boys names and ones that DH and I both like are non-existent. DS2 is due in 10 weeks - we had sort of settled on Harvey but I've been put off by the Weinstein stuff - DH thinks that's daft and it'll be forgotten before too long. Any other suggestions?

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OlennasWimple · 17/10/2017 21:22

I think it's a common enough name that no-one will make the connection. People still call their children Peter (Sutcliffe), Rose (West) and Charles (Bronson), after all.

More unusual names like Adolf (Hitler) and Myra (Hindley) are off the table for most people but Harvey isn't (at the moment) in that league, I don't think

MrsHathaway · 17/10/2017 21:12

I think if a single person looks startled and says "Harvey?!" in that voice, about your precious perfect newborn, then it will spoil it for you when you're hormonal and vulnerable, and you won't forget how you felt in that moment.

I agree that it's a common enough name to be useable again in a few years, but I think you could come to regret using it now. Are you likely to have another opportunity to use it in future?

outofmymind26 · 17/10/2017 21:12

I've got a brother Harvey. Lovely name 😊

Trills · 17/10/2017 21:12

Harvey is Sabrina's boyfriend
(the Teenage Witch, in case that was not clear)

Muddlingalongalone · 17/10/2017 21:11

I think it's fine and no-one will connect the two.
Tbh I thought you were going to say Katie Price!!

buckeejit · 17/10/2017 21:10

I couldn't think why it would be no go. Certainly not because of Weinstein. Its a nice name

Chaffinch4 · 17/10/2017 21:09

I know a lovely few weeks old Harvey. It's just his name for me - a sweet little boy.

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