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Original poster

Zachary.. nickname Harry?

42 replies

User97531 · 05/02/2021 22:48

As above... yes it's fine or no it's terrible..

DH and I don't agree on any names hence the stretch here!

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Tuscadero · 06/02/2021 00:33

It's very tenuous.

What's the compromise, one of you likes Zachary but the other will only agree to it if he's known by Harry day to day? Seems little point to Zachary in that case.

SionnachRua · 06/02/2021 00:28

I think it's alright. Bit of a stretch maybe but when Peggy has been used as a diminutive for Margaret for years, I don't mind a bit of a stretch.

I think it's unlikely it'd stick though so would go back to the drawing board.

MercyBodle · 06/02/2021 00:27

I can feel your desperation OP! I'm open to unexpected nicknames but I feel this just doesn't work. Either Zachary/Zac or Harry, Harrison/Harry, Henry/Harry.

CherryBlossomTree7 · 05/02/2021 23:03

Ridiculous OP. Two completely different names.

Back to the drawing board.

CeefBurry · 05/02/2021 23:02

Love both names but that's silly.
Choose one

For those saying there are billions of Harry's... it's a popular name for a reason and to us, there is only one Harry anyway.

littlemisslozza · 05/02/2021 23:01

No! Either choose Zac or Harry. Harry isn't a nickname for Zachary as you don't say the 'h.'

Snufkins · 05/02/2021 23:01

Maybe go back to the drawing board rather than come up with a compromise that doesn’t work?

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 05/02/2021 23:01

Nickname ‘Arry I cant stop laughing, I hear that in a frank butcher delivery

partyatthepalace · 05/02/2021 23:01

It’s a bit odd...

DesdemonaDryEyes · 05/02/2021 22:59

Nickname Arry?

bubbledilema · 05/02/2021 22:58

We named DS Zachary, usually shorten to Zach. I actually love Harry too and was also on our list...but never ever have I thought to link the two. Not to say you shouldn't but it's definitely very unusual.

borageforager · 05/02/2021 22:53

Eh?

Just call him Harry?

YouWontBelieveYourEyes · 05/02/2021 22:52

BTW, choose Zachary without the nickname, there are billions of Harry’s.

SunshineCake · 05/02/2021 22:52

Ridiculous. It doesn't go.

Start again if you can't agree. Putting Zachary on the birth certificate and then calling him Harry is just silly.

YouWontBelieveYourEyes · 05/02/2021 22:51

No it doesn’t work, are there are no names you both like?

Londoncatshed · 05/02/2021 22:51

Unless you plan on pronouncing it ZacHarry with emphasis on the second and third syllable, I’m not sure how you are getting the nickname Harry from Zachary. Usual nicknames would be Zach or Zachy.

You need to rethink OP. It’s actually quite funny 😁

HeelsHandbagPerfumeCoffee · 05/02/2021 22:51

Shockingly bad as a diminutive
I like both names but Harry isn’t the nn of Zachary

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