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!

Brilliant. I feel so proud 😂
My daughter is South London born so not close enough to count as a Cockney.
She's likes languages. I might suggest this as her next project.

The second half (rhyming part) is often dropped so a road is a frog and toad but would be shortened to frog rather than toad so it doesn't rhyme. A hair piece is a syrup (syrup of figs - wigs) not a fig.

@WarrenTofficier I used "Syrup" for wig years before I actually knew what it meant 😂

I love it when a thread wanders off into a completely different conversation.....

I can honestly say that I've never come across syrup of figs in any way other than the rhyming slang.

My dad's family were originally East End but moved out of London before he was born and my mum is a northerner. Dad wasn't a cockney but did use a couple of rhyming slang terms regularly.

I love the cockney alphabet

'ay for 'orses
Beef or mutton
See for miles etc.

Carys is frumpy and middle aged. It was popular at the same time as Karen.

How about Herrison for a girl, @tiramisufiend ?

Nice for a boy but not for a girl

Would you like to be called Harris OP? I know I wouldn't.

Harris is a boy's name.

And as for a PP suggestion, there is no way I could look at a tiny newborn girl and think "there she is, baby Michael".

Not all names are unisex. I mean, I can't imagine ever thinking of naming a boy "laura" or "gillian" or naming a girl "duncan" or "gregor"

Harris is great for an island, tweed, or as a boy/man name. Not for a girl.

Harissa? Like the spice?!

Awful

Not any more masculine than Taylor

This. Don't do it to your child OP.

So long as you’re happy to call a boy Kate then go for it. But you won’t be. Unisex names only go one way.

It’s horrible!! Carys is a girl’s name. Harris is a boy’s name or a last name.

Tweed.

If you like the sound, why not Harriet? Or Karis in fact.

Remember the song “A Boy Named Sue” ?

No op it’s an awful choice for a girl. And isn’t it how the Americans said harass .?

@Zitroneneis, Isn't Taylor from tailor, and a tailor could be female. Harris is from son of Harry, which is masculine, or Na Hearadh, which isn't. Also Haris is an Islamic name for a boy.

I know several Muslim boys called Haris. It is really common. It is from the Arabic for protector or guardian rather than the English son of Harry.

Haris (given name) - Wikipedia

Poor, poor child. I’d feel very sorry for her.

Wouldn’t a woman be called a seamstress rather than being accorded the title of ‘tailor’?

Harris is a surname and will have people assuming male.

The term "tailor" traditionally referred to a male specialist, often focusing on menswear. A female tailor might have been called a "tailoress or “seamstress”

Taylor Swift’s parents obviously didn’t care that they gave their daughter a male name!