Regretting my baby name choice

[Cellardoor23]

When I choice the name for my DC i liked it because I hadn't heard anyone where I live with that name. I chose it from the baby name book. I struggled with boys names and there are very few that I like.

However since reading on mumsnet (and I don't know why it bothers me but it does) a lot of people have said it's a chav name. I never thought you could really get chav names just chavy people?

But it's made me very insecure and I'm seriously considering changing it now. Am I being stupid? It's upset me quite a bit.

Harrison is defiantly not chavvy (nor is the common shortening of the name Harry!). Harrison is lovely and I think you have picked a really nice name. I honestly wouldn't worry about this anymore and enjoy your son!

Harrison Afful (born 1986), Ghanaian football player
Harrison Barnes (born 1992), NBA player for the Golden State Warriors
Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934), British composer
Harrison Cady (1877–1970), American illustrator
Harrison Craig (born 1994), Australian singer
Harrison Gray Dyar (1805–1875), American inventor
Harrison Dillard (born 1923), American track athlete
Harrison Ford (born 1942), American actor
Harrison Foster Pettit (1930-2014), American lawyer and poltiician
Harrison Gray Otis (publisher) (1837–1917), American publisher
Harry Libbey (Harrison Libbey, 1843–1913), U.S. Representative from Virginia, 1883–1887
Harrison Marks (1926–1997), British photographer
Harrison McCain (1927–2004), Canadian businessman
Harrison Page (born 1941), American actor
Harrison Reed (politician) (1813–1899), American politician
Hatch Rosdahl (1941–2004), American football player
Harrison Salisbury (1908–1993), American journalist
Harrison Schmitt (born 1935), American astronaut and politician
Harrison Storms (1915–1992), American aeronautical engineer
Harrison White (born 1930), American sociologist
Harrison Young (1930–2005), American actor

^^ Not chavvy :)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_(name)

Love it! I had Harrison as a American choice for dc#2, I had a little girl though

Chavvy?

American? Meant to say name!

Harrison is lovely take no notice of the posters on the baby name threads, my DS's name got a proper slagging off over there, like I'm bothered. Everyone in rl has reacted positive. If you like it keep it.

Harrison is a lovely name!

Please stop regretting it, Harrison is a lovely name! I honestly didn't expect you to say that, I was expecting Jayden or Kai!

Thank you again for all the replies. Reading through all of your comments has definitely put things in perspective for me! I feel a lot better. I think it was just me being silly and insecure.

Glad you feel better, OP!

According to MN my name is 1970s (born mid 80s), and my DS' name is a boring filler. Probably true, but oh well! They suit us :)

Harrison is a lovely name

My ex niece little boy is called Harrison and believe me they are the least "chavvy" people you could ever meet.... She is a bit of a hyacinth bucket

I 100% would not think anything bad or chavvy if I heard that name in fact the few Harrison's I know are from lovely families

It's a lovely name - so is Harry! You can't go wrong

I think Harrison is a lovely name, I can't see it as chavvy at all? I think it's normal to wobble a bit about names, I wobbled a little bit about our son's name, even though I actually love it. I love it even more now 2 years down the line! Might very well be the same for you :)

Great name :) it was top of my list for years but didn't go with our surname when I got married and had my first DS

Harrison is a nice name. Nicky Clarke (the hairdresser's) son is Harrison and I've never thought of it as chavvy.

DS has a 'chav' name. It's a family name and imo a classic name but it gets on the hated list on MN all the time. But also on the top ten names (wasn't overused when we chose it, but got popular soon after.) You can't win. No point caring.

Harrison is absolutely fine!

It is a perfectly lovely name. If you like it then stick with it. Honestly, opinions will always be divided on here - you will never get a consensus - and while it can be a good sounding board ultimately you have chosen a lovely name that you like. If you still like it, then don't change it!

Harrison is lovely and I wouldn't think of it as chavvy.

DS's name is a fad according to MN but we like it and it seems to suit him.

Lovely name biased because it was my maiden name

Not chavvy. I know of one whose mum is a lawyer. Def not chav.

Lovely name OP, not chavvy at all.

I am afraid I often see name choices on here and think oh no! I'm afraid I do see some names as "chavvy". Harrison is NOT one of those. So if a judgy old trout like me thinks it's ok then you're good!!!