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Harvey, Harry or Henry?

81 replies

Watermelonsugar345 · 16/12/2025 19:03

Which one do you prefer - if you dislike all 3, what other suggestions for a similar vibe?

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Calliopespa · 16/12/2025 22:49

I think Harvey has a very different feel from the other two.

I much prefer Harry and Henry, but personally I'd only use Harry as nn for Henry or - and here is my suggestion - Harold, which is a brilliant old Anglo Saxon classic that gets overlooked and shortens really well to Harry, but gives him something a bit fresh and different (yet still totally classic and traditional) as BC name.

Advocodo · 16/12/2025 22:53

Henry

DappledThings · 16/12/2025 22:54

Henry, then you can call him Harry. But you also have the option of using the proper name or another nickname later like Hal.

NotAllowedToSayThat · 16/12/2025 22:59

Henry and Harry and classics. Katie Price named her son Harvey. I don’t know how else to explain the difference. I’ll get flamed and pearls will be clutched but you all know what I mean.

Pettenell · 16/12/2025 23:22

Harry is my favourite, and I would use it in a heartbeat!

Giraffehaver · 16/12/2025 23:23

Henry of those 3

sesquipedalian · 16/12/2025 23:26

Have you considered Hector?

SabrinaThwaite · 16/12/2025 23:27

Henry, which then gives the option of Harry or Hal when he’s old enough to decide which form of his name he likes best.

crumpet · 16/12/2025 23:28

Henry, which give you the choice of Harry too!

ThatNaiceMember · 16/12/2025 23:28

Sunshineo · 16/12/2025 19:05

Henry is my favourite. Harvey is my least favourite. I don’t feel like they have a similar vibe at all.

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Bearybasket · 16/12/2025 23:32

I like Harvey but I think mainly because the girls only Harvey I’ve known is a really nice guy.

Harry and Henry are fine, but they’re just fine. I just find them a bit bland and beige even though I generally prefer classic, traditional names.

James or Joseph if going for a traditional name or Hugo maybe for a H name.

alexdgr8 · 17/12/2025 01:03

Henry
? Horatio
?Hector
?Alexander
?Theodore

mathanxiety · 17/12/2025 03:34

Henry.

ForeverHopeful3 · 17/12/2025 03:50

Harvey ... Weinstein?

Harry ... the incompetent ex-prince hiding in America?

I would go with Henry lmao

KilliMonjaro · 17/12/2025 06:42

Henry

KilliMonjaro · 17/12/2025 06:46

Or go French… Henri

Lemonlimonade · 17/12/2025 07:44

sesquipedalian · 16/12/2025 23:26

Have you considered Hector?

The meaning of hectoring (bullying) would put me off that one

Elopeme · 17/12/2025 08:00

Harry

pambeesleyhalpert · 17/12/2025 08:04

Henry

pambeesleyhalpert · 17/12/2025 08:04

KilliMonjaro · 17/12/2025 06:46

Or go French… Henri

But the pronunciation is completely different…,

GeorgeMichaelsCat · 17/12/2025 08:04

Henry

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 17/12/2025 08:05

Henry nn Harry that way you get both

But if you're worried about popularity then Harvey, there are many many Harrys and Henrys

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 17/12/2025 08:06

ForeverHopeful3 · 17/12/2025 03:50

Harvey ... Weinstein?

Harry ... the incompetent ex-prince hiding in America?

I would go with Henry lmao

Eh?

Lots of people have these names. And come to that, P Harry is Henry

Koolandorthegang · 17/12/2025 08:07

I love Harry

Henry makes me think of the hoover

NotAllowedToSayThat · 17/12/2025 14:33

It’s so interesting what springs to mind when different people hear different names. I hadn’t thought of Weinstein or hectoring, but Katie Price and a Trojan prince!

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