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Harper

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Pineapples · 31/03/2009 11:40

I really like Harper for a girl, what do you think?

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pranma · 31/03/2009 11:44

Like Harper Lee who wrote 'To Kill a Mockingbird'I quite like it,it is certainly unusual.

rolandbrowning · 31/03/2009 11:46

I like it and I don't normally like those kind of names, the Harper Lee thing certainly makes it a bit cooler imo.

iwontbite · 31/03/2009 11:47

i like it, because of the Harper Lee connotation, but I suspect not that many people will get it lol

IwishIwereonthebeach · 31/03/2009 11:47

Or Harper Adams agricultural college. Stop harping on at me!! You get the drift. I think it sounds harsh even for a boy, let alone a girl. Soz.

RachieB · 31/03/2009 11:54

hmm its ok ,but wouldnt use it myself

choccyp1g · 31/03/2009 11:57

I think it's lovely, but it sounds more like a boy's name. I really like these names that are actually an job. Miller, Hunter etc., Maybe in a hundred years or so, there'll be kids called "teacher" and "busdriver"

choccyp1g · 31/03/2009 11:58

Not really likely though, because the names have morphed from surnames, which hardly change nowadays.

mrsruffallo · 31/03/2009 11:59

I love it!
I do like these surnamey names on girls, not so much on boys.
I actually know a little girl named Harper. It's lovely, go for it

foxytocin · 31/03/2009 12:00

Baker......

sobloodystupid · 31/03/2009 12:05

too American, too nineties.. . Harper Lee's life was not very happy iirc or am I mixing her up with Carson McCullers?! Nah, sorry

ScottishThistle · 31/03/2009 12:09

I really like it, but I love surnamey names.

My nephew's name is Carter, raises eyebrows but I love it!

CoteDAzur · 31/03/2009 12:11

You know she will be called "Harpie" her entire life, right?

Littlefish · 31/03/2009 12:39

No
Boy's name
Surname
Dog's name

MrsMattie · 31/03/2009 13:39

usually hate those 'surname' names, but I like it.

Tillyscoutsmum · 31/03/2009 13:41

I'd like to like it because of the Harper Lee connection.....but I just don't very much. Bit too surnamey

Momino · 01/04/2009 15:43

Harper is the top name on our girl name list but i must admit it stands out more to DH than it does to me.

Most people tell me they think it's a boy's name (eg gregory peck's grandson) but I can only think of it as a girl's name because of Harper lee.

it's been on our list for the past two babies but we called our DDs something else so I won't be surprised if we leave it behind if this one arriving is also a girl.

i do like it though . it's different.

Tamlin · 01/04/2009 15:47

Harper Lee's real first name was Nelle, though.

I like this one more than most of the fashionable US-style profession surnames (Mason, Taylor etc), but it's still not great.

LetThemEatCake · 01/04/2009 15:55

love it. Have a friend with a little girl called Harper, really suits her. And love To Kill A Mockingbird

screamingabdab · 01/04/2009 16:16

I normally don't like surnames-as-first-names, but I like this one.

Very cool

notagrannyyet · 01/04/2009 16:34

My first thought was Harper's Bazaar sorry!

And just the sort of link school age children pick up on.

Leannabanana · 01/04/2009 20:32

I like it i think.... go for it pineapples

janeite · 01/04/2009 20:33

I don't like it, sorry.

louisejohnson87 · 01/04/2009 20:36

I absolutely love this name, however it's my top name for a boy.

Think it's lovely for both sexes.

worried it might start becoming fairly popular though?!?!

Momino · 02/06/2009 07:26

pineapples, our little Harper Grace was born 2/5. have had mostly positive exclamations of the name. have you decided?

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