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Harris?

63 replies

Curiousmary · 17/12/2017 16:44

What do you all think?

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horatioisabrick · 19/12/2017 00:20

I prefer Henry, Harry and Harold but Harris is still lovely. Great name imo :)!

(Harrison is also a surname imo, btw.)

twattymctwatterson · 18/12/2017 23:54

Really @Fekko? I'm in the central belt. Wouldn't say it's massively common but I think it's a fairly popular boys name. In fact a quick google tells me it was the 13th most popular boys name in Scotland last year

Fekko · 18/12/2017 21:52

I'm Scottish and never met a Harris (first name). Maybe it's a regional thing?

Obloody · 18/12/2017 21:16

My nephew is called Harris, shortened to harry by his friends - Muslim boy alsoa

Itchytights · 18/12/2017 21:05

Rolf.

Hideous.

Sorry op.

twattymctwatterson · 18/12/2017 21:03

This is funny. Harris is a perfectly ordinary first name for boys in Scotland.

MikeUniformMike · 18/12/2017 20:41

I would avoid it if your surname is Tweed.

ImMrsBrightside · 18/12/2017 18:56

Arse HOLE!!! Bloody phone!

ImMrsBrightside · 18/12/2017 18:55

No.

Immediately think arse home.

PinkSquash · 18/12/2017 14:22

I have the rhyming connotation too. It's pronounced 'Aris in my dialect, so it isn't pretty.

MikeUniformMike · 18/12/2017 14:22

There are prettier island names. Isla (I know it is spelt Islay), Shuna, Ailsa ...

HollyBollyBooBoo · 18/12/2017 14:22

Harrison is a first name. Harris is a surname.

Love Harrison!!

MikeUniformMike · 18/12/2017 14:20

Muslim boy's name.

StylishDuck · 18/12/2017 13:24

I love it. It will be DC2's name (due in a few weeks) if we have a boy. We're Scottish so I don't know if that makes a difference.

Those of you making a connection with Rolf Harris are being ridiculous imo.

hexagon01 · 18/12/2017 12:41

Well I'm biased as I have one (live in northern England). It gets lots of lovely comments and we've never come across another :) not yet had any Harrison/Harry/arse confusion but it's easily corrected.

LeahG94 · 17/12/2017 23:17

I prefer Harrison

Krapom · 17/12/2017 20:28

I love it. In Scotland no one would bat an eyelid and it’s not even faintly “out there” although not common at all.

Fekko · 17/12/2017 20:02

I've only known it's a surname (in Scotland). I associate it with tweed, or the isle of.

Alison100199 · 17/12/2017 19:59

For a boy or girl? I'm afraid I think Rolf Harris or arse too.

countycouncil · 17/12/2017 19:13

I like it but I've never heard the arse reference. 'Harrison' seems to be so common these days so that would put me off

passemoilevin · 17/12/2017 18:42

Also immediately thought bum Blush

Ontopofthesunset · 17/12/2017 18:22

All the Haris/Harrises I have known have been Muslim (or at least from Turkish or other traditionally Muslim backgrounds). I've known it spelt both ways.

SparklingSnowfall · 17/12/2017 18:16

No... people will mishear and think you said Harry then you'll be constantly correcting them!

EvilEdna1 · 17/12/2017 18:12

It means arse where I am from (London).

ChocolateCrunch · 17/12/2017 17:53

Prefer Harry

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