Does Harry's unpopularity affect the name?

[notsettledonaname]

Trying to chose a boys name and we like Harry but as Harry and Meghan are not so popular people now, I'm wondering how that will effect the name?

Choose not chose.

Are you mad? Think about what you’re asking.

Seriously, the man isn´t Hitler, people need to get a grip.
If the name is less popular so much the better. Less people in your kid´s class with his same name. I like the name Harry, actually the men I have met with this name have been really nice.

Strange question

Harry is too common a name to be associated with one celebrity

If you called your children Harry and Megan, or Harry and William... it might raise an eyebrow. But just Harry, or just Megan, or just William, or Catherine, Charles, Phillip, George etc... no one will notice.

People still use Andrew for example.

And James/Jimmy.

These namesake have done a lot worse than be a bit of a twit.

If daily fail is anything to go by then potentially.

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12558291/amp/Top-baby-names-2023-revealed-Harry-Meghan-lose-popularity-amid-Royal-Family-drama-Holly-Phil-plunge.html

I love the name Harry and don’t think of any particular Harry when I hear it.

Haha, well I thought you meant Harry Styles so there is that 😂😂😂😂😂

Don’t be ridiculous. Prince Harry isn’t some sort of evil monster. The British media are obsessed with him. The rest of the world don’t give a toss about the English royal family apart from seeing them like tv soap characters. Nobody is giving any of them any kind of elevated status outside of the UK.

Harry is a nice name imo. Much nicer than Henry/George/William/Louis/Charles/Philip which are all stodgy names.

Harry Potter is the more famous Harry anyway.

@Icehockeyflowers
Don’t be ridiculous. Prince Harry isn’t some sort of evil monster.
Nah, but he is a prize twit.

I’ve no idea. I’ve never met or spoken to the man. Unlike you obviously.

@Icehockeyflowers
I don't always have to talk to someone to have an opinion on them. They are lots of people I haven't met that I have a low opinion of. Most of the Royal family are in that group.

Harry is an incredibly popular name. I honestly wouldn't associate it with Prince H. Just as likely to think of Harry Potter tbh.

Anyway, Harry is really Henry iirc. Harry just his nickname

No. I mean the most famous Harry (Henry VIII) killed off 2 wives and people have still used.

It's a classic name. Also, the Harry/Meghan thing may ancient his by the time your DS gets to school

No, I have a Harry and makes absolutely no difference. If anything I call him Haribo as a nickname 😂

Me too lol

I love the name Harry and dont think its been tainted at all by the Harry / Meghan situation

No, it’s just a generic, wallpaper name that’s peaked and begun to die off.

I think Harry's unpopularity is largely a Daily Mail/Mumsnet thing, not a real world thing.

I think that's probably true.

Exactly

Harry is overdone anyway

And I'm baffled why people are still obsessing over H&M

“Generic wallpaper name” 🙄

As opposed to all the hideous “ooh I’m trying sooo hard to be different” names that thrive on the Baby Names board.

It’s a lovely name - I couldn’t use it was it had been used in our family very recently but the Prince Harry connection wouldn’t have occurred to me! 😄