Can this first name go with this last name?

[MangoRain22]

We have a baby due in late 2020. We like the name Harrison. Our last name is Johnson. Does Harrison Johnson sound reasonable? Or do the ‘son’ endings sound silly together? If so, open to other ideas. Thank you very much for your help.

Sounds like a firm of solicitors

I don’t think it goes that well but it’s definitely not the worst combination I’ve heard.
It’s not that often the first and last names are said together most of the time he will just be Harrison so I wouldn’t stress about it too much if you love it

It's not awful but agree it doesn't flow very well.

What about Harry Johnson?

I wouldn’t.

Harry?

I don't think it works very well, it sounds more like the name of a firm of accountants than a child's name.

I actually think it sounds nice
Has a good symmetry to it
If you hadn't pointed it out though I wouldn't have noticed the two "sons"

99.9% of the time he'll just be called Harrison not his full name anyway

Agree it doesn't sound awful but doesn't flow very well.

I don't think it flows well and I wouldn't do it but it could be a lot worse!

I think it's fine. It wouldn't even occur to me to think it's odd

Tbh I can’t get the solicitors comment out my head “no win no fee call Harrison Johnson today”

No. It sounds silly.

Does sound like a form of solicitors.

Harry Johnson works well.
Harris Johnson which gets rid of the double ‘son’ sound.

The flow very much reminds me of "Have you had an accident at work that wasn't your fault? Called Harrison Johnson today".. but I do like the name. He may very much want to be a solicitor when he grows up and then he is absolutely set! Could you break it up with a middle name?

Oh no, please don’t. I like the suggestion above of Harris.

Oh no please no.

It sounds awful, yes like an insurance brokers. It's very harsh, very impersonal.

BUT I confess I really don't like Harrison.

Harrison with a practically rhyming surname is double bad though.

It’s not that often the first and last names are said together most of the time he will just be Harrison so I wouldn’t stress about it too much if you love it

I disagree with this. Professionally I was always Firstname Surname. It’s how I’d answer the phone 30 times a day, how I’d introduce myself and how I’d be referred to / talked about (“Do you know my colleague Mary Smith in the Legal department?” Etc).

I’m always curious about the MN world where people’s first and surname are not used together.

I’d use Harris rather than Harrison. Two surnames together does sound rather like a firm of solicitors or accountants or landed gentry, as in “Oh Daaahling, you must know thE Harrison-Johnsons, the Sussex Harrison-Johnsons? Not the Hampshire Harrison-Johnson’s.”

Madonna, Cher, Cheryl and Beyonce are keen MNers

When I think of most people, I think of them as Firstname Lastname.

People on telly and actors are Firstname Lastname. My MP is Firstname Lastname. Most Prime Ministers are Firstname Lastname.
Even Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton are Firstname Lastname.

I don’t think it works, sorry. It’s just a bit much with the 2 -son endings and agree with previous posters it sounds a bit like a solicitors firm.

Just Harris? I know a boy with his name and it suits him.

Sorry I agree it's a bit of a mouthful and does sound a bit like a business. Harry or Harris go really well though if you are open to them?

Oh, it’s so hard finding a name you love.
I don’t love the 2 names together (sorry!!)
But, if you do, go for it! x

It doesn’t work.

I cannot bear the name Harris. Makes me think of Rolf not envy.
Harry works. Sorry, but Harrison Johnson is too clunky.