Harris…for a girl?

[tiramisufiend]

AIBU?

I misheard the name “Karis” a few weeks ago and thought, ‘Harris as a girl’s name, how cool.’

I’ve done some superficial research and it seems that Harris is mostly used a boy’s first name, if at all, as it is a surname, really.

But I think it’s very fresh and cosmopolitan, and I like the unisex vibe.

What comes to mind when you think of a girl called Harris? Thoughts welcome!

Would you like to be called Harris and have a lifetime of weird looks ?

It just sounds odd, not attractive and unlike a name (especially for a girl).

What's wrong with that though?

No one would bat an eyelid at Harris.
It's not really "out there".

I'd give them a good pasting if they did.

Makes me think of crappy Harris Academy schools.

I can never understand why someone would pick a name like this or something similar for a girl when there is an endless choice of beautiful sounding names out there.

Ok... there's obviously a joke/meaning that's gone over my head 😂

Harissa paste.

I don't really know what that is....
I am guessing some kind of cooking ingredient 🤔. I can't imagine the average kid/teen would connect the name Harris with it.
Seriously to a baby born today and named Harris - his or hers contemporaries really would not think anything of it.

It kinda does 😂

Cockney rhyming slang for arse...and Rolf.

I don't hate it, but I don't think I'd use it, given the choice of all the names in the world.

I know one, a little boy of Indian heritage.

Harris and Arse don't rhyme though 🤔
The Rolf Harris link is ridiculous because it's a common surname which 1000s of people have.

Definitely boy vibes. Please don’t.

No

🤔 It's a second iteration of rhyme. Bottle and glass = arse. Then Aristotle = bottle. And (H)arris from there. There is often double layering in cockney slang.

You can think it's ridiculous all you like, I know two people who decided against the name because of that link.

Very nice on baked salmon.

Yes - it evokes rural and traditional not cosmopolitan cool.

While there’s no intrinsic reason not to use the word as a name for either sex, it’s likely to be assumed to be male.

Still not getting that rhyming slang thing 😂
'Arris still doesn't rhyme.
Oh well.

I think it’s very fresh and cosmopolitan
😂

Well it was invented to confuse outsiders.

Definitely 😂
I am quite fascinated by Cockney Rhyming Slang but I do end up thinking "huh?" a lot of the time.

I lived in Tower Hamlets and then Hackney for over a decade - it really was fascinating, I loved it! My local cashpoint used to have a cockney option you could choose if I ever needed a lady godiva for my sky rocket!

Ooooh I might know this one.
"A fiver for my pocket" 🤔🤔
Have I got it right?

Yes!!!