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I like Harry but...

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alittleteapot · 12/06/2009 14:09

...worry it's a bit too cheeky chappy if you become an earnest or serious teenager/adult. What do you think?

Really struggling on boys' names. Don't really like any of them and picking holes in the ones i do quite like.

Others currently on the list

Samuel/Sam
Johnny
Ned/Edward

Still waiting for lightning to strike though.

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NervousNutty · 16/06/2009 22:08

Hmm I have to break the trend of 'I know a Harry who isn't a cheeky chappy' replies.

I have a Harry who is most definatly a cheeky chappy, with a very individual personality but that is what everyone always loves about him

lechatnoir · 16/06/2009 22:06

Poppysweetie - not sure it can get much more popular can it

poppysweetie · 16/06/2009 19:39

I love Harry but it will be extra popular hasnt a celeb just named their son Harry?

lechatnoir · 16/06/2009 13:24

I have a Harry who is 3 so yes a cheeky chappie but named after his grandfather who was a very earnest professor so no, I think it's the person not the name that counts.

FWIW, I like Harry as a name in its own right - I'm just not keen on Harrison & never really 'got' the name a child Henry (which is a lovely name) then change it to Harry and Harold just seems wrong to me
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Cork · 14/06/2009 04:48

Harry is on our list too, as is Sam! We have the same doubts about choosing Harry, but then he keeps coming back to us..which might be a sign it's right?! we also have Ethan, and Charlie if our baby is a boy! x x

popsycal · 13/06/2009 20:21

Harry is a fabulous name choice

mumoverseas · 13/06/2009 20:19

agree with Haribosmummy, Harrison is a gorgeous name, but then I'm a little bit biased

Merle · 13/06/2009 07:47

I like the name Harry and I don't think it is in the least bit 'cheeky chappy' perhaps because it is so popular. The people I know who name their sons Harry seem to be quite conventional and so it seems that Harrys now are often quiet lads, who are never cheeky.

nappyaddict · 12/06/2009 21:53

Prefer Teddy to Ted.

barnsleybelle · 12/06/2009 20:25

Love Harry.

muggglewump · 12/06/2009 20:13

What about Henry with Harry as an everyday name?
I'm not so keen on Johnny as a name alone but I like Jonathan.
I like Edward too and then you can use Ned but future DS can have a choice of other shortenings?

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alittleteapot · 12/06/2009 20:08

I don't like Ed or Eddie though. Ted's nice as well as Ned, I think.

Maybe Sam...

Why are names so hard?

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Thunderduck · 12/06/2009 19:46

Edward is lovely. I don't see the need for a nickname though.

Thunderduck · 12/06/2009 19:45

Oh god not Ned please. It's awful.

It makes me think of Ned Flanders from The Simpsons. And it's a Scottish word for a thug/chav.

mrsrawlinson · 12/06/2009 19:26

Edward is lovely. I sort of wish we hadn't wasted it as a middle name for DS1 now!

Pollyanna · 12/06/2009 19:09

I have an Edward, Ned for short. Its a lovely name I think.

nappyaddict · 12/06/2009 19:02

Sorry I meant to say for the others aswell Ned short for all those too.

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alittleteapot · 12/06/2009 16:25

No, it'll be straight Harry or not Harry at all. And although I like Edward I don't like Ed so not keen on other Ed names! Sorry, contrary!

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nappyaddict · 12/06/2009 16:06

Or Edgar/Edwin/Edbert/Edison

nappyaddict · 12/06/2009 16:04

How about Ned short for Edmund?

Haribosmummy · 12/06/2009 15:59

What about HARRISON as a more formal alternative?

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alittleteapot · 12/06/2009 15:57

See, don't like Harold or Henry at all...

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notevenamousie · 12/06/2009 15:31

I still think Harry Potter!

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