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Harbour Grace

45 replies

18katie · 04/04/2015 17:40

Hello,
We are expecting a girl and I love the idea of Harbour (I think of a safe place and the ocean which are positive connotations in my mind). I know that it is not a very gendered name, but I love how it sounds paired with Grace, which I think is very feminine. We are Canadian, hence the spell of Harbour. I think it is one of those names that might be beautiful once it is attached to person. I would love some feedback:)

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goshhhhhh · 04/04/2015 18:53

What about Honor. Like Honor Blackman.

MrTumblesBavarianFanbase · 04/04/2015 19:05

Honour / Honor is open to lotsof ddodgy teasing too though - anyone seen the episode of Scrubs where Carla wants to call her daughter Honour (or Honor)?

sweetpeame · 04/04/2015 22:31

Sorry OP, don't like it. I don't see how it's different to calling your child Bay or Jetty or Quay etc...none of these are names or sound like names.

MamaLazarou · 04/04/2015 22:35

I like it very much. It's OK to be a bit different.

RJnomore · 04/04/2015 22:35

I like harbour.

MamaLazarou · 04/04/2015 22:36

(Harbour, that is: I'm not enamoured with Grace, sorry)

crje · 04/04/2015 22:39

Not a fan

Think the sentiment is nice

PinkSquash · 04/04/2015 22:47

I quite like Harbour, but I probably wouldn't call my girl that.

Yay4may · 04/04/2015 22:50

Please no

manicinsomniac · 04/04/2015 22:59

I love the meaning and thought behind it but don't really like the name Harbour. I don't hate it though and agree it goes well with Grace.

How about Grace Harbour?

thenightsky · 04/04/2015 23:03

No. Poor kid.

Interrobang · 05/04/2015 01:04

I love it! Harby is cute for a nn. Totally fresh spin on Harper, sounds better, imo, and a nice meaning. Sure, there are some not so great connotations, but there are too with many other mainstream names, and it doesn't seem to stop many people (Johnny - condom, John - toilet/man who uses prostitutes, Mat - something you wipe your feet on, Nick - thieve, Rob - thieve, Barney - argument etc). Harbour has some lovely meanings as well as the less so great - the names I just listed do not.
Grace is now totally overused as a middle though. Harbour Honor?
Haven would be nice were it not for the holiday place.

kavv0809 · 05/04/2015 01:10

I like it, not usually one for outlandish names but it strikes a chord with me. Agree with other posters that it will be a bit of a marmite name though.

NadiaWadia · 05/04/2015 03:04

Well first of all, no offence but 'Harbour' is not actually a name, and doesn't really sound like it should or could be a name. Unless it's already in use as a name over in North America, and I've just not heard of it?

"We are Canadian, hence the spell of Harbour." Sorry- what? I have no idea what this means.

Grace is nice, though.

lemonpoppyseed · 05/04/2015 05:18

I am in Canada and it's not a common name. Or even a name at all, really, is it?

I think the OP means she spells it the Canadian way eg HarboUr vs the American way HarbOr. Either way, I'm not convinced...

bodiddly · 05/04/2015 06:19

My first thought was "any port in a storm". Not a very nice association as a teenager!

LionWings · 05/04/2015 06:38

I think it's just odd too, sorry

BaronessBomburst · 05/04/2015 15:27

No.
It's a terrible thing to do to your daughter.
Grace is nice. And Grace O'Malley was a famous Irish pirate, so you get your seafaring connection.

TheCowThatLaughs · 05/04/2015 22:06

It's probably the worst idea for a name I've ever read on here, sorry.
And she would definitely be teased along the lines in MrTumbles post.

Only1scoop · 05/04/2015 22:09

For some reason makes me think of a sister store for your very own Hudson Bay.

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