Having a tiny little boy in the summer!
DH and I both like Henry, as both of our lovely grandads were Henry. My awesome childhood cat was also Henry. Maybe not cool to be named after a cat but to be fair he was the best little cat ever. And we can just tell people the grandad story instead.. But not sure whether to use as first or middle name.
Some thoughts have been
Henry Owen - possibly current fave
Henry Lewis
Lewis Henry
Rowan Henry
Owen Henry
Alastair Henry
Patrick Henry - or vice versa for each.
Alexander Henry (one of my faves, though irritatingly have reservations as me and DH would pronounce differently I.e. Alexander vs Alexarrrnder (northern/southern)
More personal connection to Owen, Rowan and Lewis, but no dire need to use a ‘connection’ name, and keen to consider others I might not have thought of (despite having spent 6 million hours on baby name websites)
Having looked at darkergreen, ukbabynames, ons etc, I’m aware Henry is very popular everywhere, but does anyone have an inkling as to whether that feels to be rising, falling or staying the same? It’s ranked about 10 in my region. I’m not super bothered about ‘out-unusual-ing’ anyone but I’m slightly worried it’ll suddenly jump to be the next Noah or Arthur and every second boy will be Henry. How many baby Henrys do you know of? And if not cheeky to ask, what region are you based in? Is he going to be known as Henry Surname forever because there are nine in his class? I mean I guess it should be a ‘who cares’ situation.. But if everyone was to reply ‘OMG I know 5 baby Henrys born this year, how dull, so overdone’ I might re think. I’ve heard of two personally born in the last 3 years, but then I’m not really exposed to copious amounts of babies.
Also, anyone got any insights into how likely the Harry nicknaming of Henry is these days? I had an ex named this, and wouldn’t be super keen on my son ending up a Harry. I could probably make my peace with it. But I’m told it’s not commonly done anymore. Thoughts?
Sorry this got really long and boring, hopefully someone will say a name and I will say ‘Eureka’.
Eureka Henry…… hmm… has a ring to it