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Harvey

59 replies

Mynameisnotthis · 12/02/2019 21:19

Does anyone have any thoughts? Baby boy expected any day now and we’ve struggled to agree on a boy’s name at any point during the pregnancy.
We half agreed on Ryan but I wasn’t sure. I wanted Oliver but OH doesn’t like it.
I’m just not sure I love Harvey. But it was mentioned on a tv show (the Australian yummy mummy one Blush) and OH was quite taken!
The only other person I’ve mentioned it to was my mum who mentioned something about a giant rabbit from a film in the 50s!

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hotwing · 15/02/2019 08:39

Harvey Weinstein

RiverTam · 15/02/2019 08:40

Weinstein

I don't think I could give my baby a name that would make me think of that odious man.

babycakes1010 · 15/02/2019 08:41

Love the name harvey. That was on our final list of 2 boys names for our eldest but ended up going with the name bailey

AvengingGerbil · 15/02/2019 08:49

Mary-Beth’s husband on Cagney and Lacey was a Harvey, always called Haaarve in a nasal Brooklyn accent.

Disclaimer: I am old and this is obscure so I would not let it put you off!

Calloway · 15/02/2019 10:41

Haaarve was a great husband! Very ahead of his time.

Trinnidad · 16/02/2019 00:17

You've never seen the film Harvey with the man-sized rabbit?! It always used to be on! It's an iconic Jimmy Stewart film. It also had a resurgence when Donny Darko came out.

The name always used to make me think of the film but I work with someone who's son is called Harvey. I'm not a fan of the name (it's a surname to me) but the little Harvey I know is lovely.

feliciabirthgiver · 16/02/2019 00:27

Rory?

Yaxalot · 16/02/2019 10:11

Harley
Hamish
Hugo
Samuel
Caleb

Jaz32 · 18/02/2019 08:04

I taught one Harvey a few years ago, he’d be about 10 now he was a nice boy.
I think of Harvey in Suits not Harvey Weinstein lol! Also I know a cockapoo called Harvey lol.
Also despite Oliver being consistently in top 3 I’ve actually never taught an Oliver in the last 5 years! I think most people seem to try and avoid the top few names and so we end up Henry becoming more popular than Harry, Jackson instead of Jack etc. I have had a few Louie, Archie, Tom, George, Daniel, Jacob, Lucas/Luca/Luke, Freddie, Noah!

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