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Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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Bit random

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Shadow1986 · 05/08/2015 20:28

But what do people think of the name Hartley? For a boy.

It's not completely random, it has a meaning which relates to a family member but I'd rather not say incase we do go for it and then it outs me. Brother name is Henry.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 08/08/2015 19:29

I think it's bad, sorry. Hartley Hair was terrifying, and I also dislike alliterative sibling names. James is nice but Henry & James not great together, for obvious reasons.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 08/08/2015 19:30

Hare not Hair!

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Shadow1986 · 09/08/2015 16:05

Sorry what's the obvious reason Henry and James aren't good sibling names?

Not sure the hartley hare thing would worry me as before my time and will be well before the time of son...unless hartley hare is making a come back!

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Sparklingbrook · 09/08/2015 16:09

Well you see you can never rule out a Pipkins revival Shadow.

I don't know why Henry & James don't 'go' (will probably feel thick when we find out) but as i said upthread I don't understand the sibling name matching anyway.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 09/08/2015 16:30

Henry James - novelist. They 'go' fine together, but to me, it smacks of being a bit unimaginative to recreate a famous person's name in sibling form.

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Sparklingbrook · 09/08/2015 16:32

I don't think people will think that Remus TBH.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 09/08/2015 16:35

Well, it's the absolute first thing I thought. Accept that I am not 'people' though.

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Shadow1986 · 09/08/2015 16:36

19th century Henry James? Umm this is going to be very hard to find a name at this rate. Can't have James and Henry together because over a hundred years ago there was a writer called Henry James, and over 40 years ago there was some frizzy hare called hartley! Haha.

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Sparklingbrook · 09/08/2015 16:38

Just choose a name, any name, it will be fine and don't worry about whether it 'goes' with anything.

I did that pre MN in 2002 and it was all fine.

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RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 09/08/2015 16:38

You can have whatever you want. People are just telling you the things that come to their minds when thinking about these names. It's entirely up to you whether you choose to let other people's thoughts shape your opinions or not.

Henry and James much nicer than Henry and Hartley though, imvho (which of course you are entirely at liberty to ignore!).

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Sparklingbrook · 09/08/2015 16:40

In fact when I did join MN I was amazed there was an actual Baby Name topic.

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Jux · 09/08/2015 21:04

The names will go together for the simple reason that they are brothers and their names will often be linked. Even if someone thought "ooh strange combination" the first few times they heard or used them, they'd soon be so used to it that it would be perfectly right.

Whatever names you like will be great.