Harris

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DP and me stumbled across this name last night and really love it for a boy. Very early stages of pregnancy with DC2 so don't know what we're having yet.

What do you think of the name?

Meh. I don't think too much of it, but I've heard worse.

Sorry, don't like it at all. First thought was Rolf which is not a good association.

I also don't like surnames for first names.

If you like it, you've answered your own question, but to me it's a horrible name

It reminds me of the lovely Hebridean island. I have a feeling it might mean 'bum' in Cockney rhyming slang though.

I love it.

I'm not a fan of surnames as first names but I prefer Harris to Harrison

For me it would depend on your surname - if your surname is also one which could potentially be a first name e.g. Taylor, James, Riley, Thomas etc etc then I would avoid Harris as suspect he will have a life of people getting mixed up

If however you have a name which is quite clearly a surname rather than a first name - Richardson, Jones, Mcdonald, O'Brien etc etc then it would sound ok

I quite like it. I thought of the island too. If Lewis can be a name, why not Harris!

Doesn't it mean arse?

It's Cockney rhyming slang for arse!!

I don't like it at all. Sorry.

I dislike surnames as first names anyway, don't like Harrison, and Harris is even worse.

I know quite a few as we are in Scotland and it's a nod to the Island in the same way as Lewis is.

I like it.

Thanks. Love your honesty

The surname is a definite surname so that won't be an issue.

I had heard the arse referance before and was wondering how prevalent it was.

I just think of Rolf Harris which isn't great. Sorry.

Harris = arse. Sorry.

There's also that fanny called Calvin Harris which springs to mind. It's nothing personal, it's just we all have our own associations with different names and this is one that I find hard to shake.

I'm not keen personally, but first thing it made me think of was this book: www.chrishaughton.com/george (scroll down to see Harris). Not a bad association, the only Harris I could think of!

Love it. Also makes me think of the island.

I really, really like it.

For some reason the people named here who have it as a surname doesn't bother me, I don't associate out with them at all.

It's the only name I've come across that I really like but a little concerned about the negative aspects of it that have been mentioned here.

Will think about it some more, plenty of time!

It seems to be like marmite, the people on here that like it, REALLY like it and vice versa.

Arse? Really????

I think it's great

Savoy it means 'arse' here also.

So no I wouldn't call my dc Arse

I love it.

Its s family name for us (as a surname, distant relatives).

But I do know someone who has just used it as a first name for her ds2.

I thought the cockney rhyming slang was "Aris", short for Aristotle, which rhymes with bottle. Bottle and glass=arse.

I think of the character in 3 Men in a Boat.

I like it. But then I am in Scotland and have never heard the arse thing!

Might be a good name to use North of the border but not elsewhere. Bit like hamish.