I am due any day now (#3 baby, 1st boy) and our son does not have a name! [name]Harrison[/name] is a family name and have been set on using for quite sometime but now my dh has decided that we can’t use it bc he really dislikes the nn [name]Harry[/name]. And he thinks that he will definitely get shortened to [name]Harry[/name]. Apparently every jerk he’s mentioned the name [name]Harrison[/name] to has said something like - little [name]Harry[/name]!
I say he won’t get a shortened name if we stick strictly to [name]Harrison[/name]. Or at least until he’s old enough to choose if he wants a nn. What is the consensus among all of you? Who’s right?
Or should we just skip [name]Harrison[/name] bc it’s “on the rise” and opt for another choice? We’ve also discussed [name]Harris[/name], [name]Davis[/name] and briefly knox, [name]Rowan[/name] and [name]Jack[/name]. Any suggestions based on those likes? DH wants a strong name and not a wimpy meaning either (so weird its ehy he doesnt love rowan) We’re totally open at this point! Thanks for the input!
I know a [name]Harrison[/name] who’s 27. I’ve known him since I was a teenager and I have never in my life heard anyone refer to him as [name]Harry[/name]. His name is [name]Harrison[/name]. I think it’s a pretty great name, personally. If you like it I saw use it.
I went to school with a guy called [name]Harrison[/name] and we always called him [name]Harry[/name] but a little boy I work with is named [name]Harrison[/name] and goes by [name]Rhys[/name] so that’s an optiion
I also went to school with someone named [name]Harrison[/name], and I never once heard anyone ever call him [name]Harry[/name]. But the fact remains that [name]Harry[/name] is a nn for [name]Harrison[/name] and there will be people who will call him that whether you want them to or not. You can correct them all you want, but I guarantee someone will use it.
I would never shorten [name]Harrison[/name] to [name]Harry[/name]. Partly because I believe [name]Harry[/name] doesn’t compare to the greatness of [name]Harrison[/name]. Im sure there will always be people (the ones who just love nicknames) that will always start o call him Hrry. [name]Just[/name] correct them from the start, and they’ll get the picture he is a [name]Harrison[/name]- not a [name]Harry[/name].
Would you consider [name]Hal[/name] as a nn? I think most people will be respectful when you emphasize that [name]Harrison[/name] goes by his full name, not [name]Harry[/name].
The only [name]Harrison[/name] I’ve ever known always went by [name]Harrison[/name], never [name]Harry[/name] or any other nicknames. I definitely think that you can avoid nicknames with [name]Harrison[/name] if you want to. To me, it’s not the same as trying to stop people from calling a [name]David[/name] [name]Dave[/name] or a [name]Samuel[/name] [name]Sam[/name], which I think would be a lot harder.
If he think that [name]Rowan[/name] is sort of wimpy, maybe he might like [name]Ronan[/name] as an alternative?
I know one [name]Harrison[/name] too, and he goes by [name]Harrison[/name]. It’s an amazing name! And how cool is [name]Harrison[/name] [name]Ford[/name]?
I’m a bit late on this, but I definitely don’t think [name]Harrison[/name] would be a problem to use. You could certainly just tell people you prefer to use his full name. Since you are especially against [name]Harry[/name], and that will undoubtedly be the nn people default to, I would suggest finding another nn you like a bit better. That way if someone decided they want to call him something shorter you could just say “Oh actually he doesn’t go by [name]Harry[/name] but we sometimes call him…” [name]Hal[/name], [name]Rhys[/name], etc. I think a super cute nn choice would be [name]Sonny[/name]!
Other options you may like with strong meanings are [name]Louis[/name], [name]Viggo[/name], [name]Gavin[/name], or [name]Riley[/name]. Good luck! =]
I know a [name]Harrison[/name] and he is never called [name]Harry[/name]. [name]True[/name], sometimes we call him Hair [name]Bear[/name] but he never ever goes by [name]Harry[/name].
[name]Every[/name] [name]Harrison[/name] I know shortened their name to [name]Harry[/name]. It really depends on what you call him and what your family calls him, as well as what his friends call him. I had a friend named [name]Elizabeth[/name], and she hated being called anything but [name]Elizabeth[/name], yet when she was around her dad, he’d call her [name]Lizzie[/name].
So if you call him [name]Harrison[/name], he won’t become [name]Harry[/name] unless that’s what his friends want to call him, but around you he can just be [name]Harrison[/name].
To be perfectly honest, my nephew is [name]Harrison[/name] and my brother/sister in law swore up and down her entire pregnancy that noone would ever call him [name]Harry[/name] - and it is ALL he is ever called. They even call him [name]Harry[/name]. In my opinion, it was unavoidable but they also didn’t do anything to stop it once he was born. On the other hand, there is a [name]Harrison[/name] at my son’s soccer school and I have never heard him called [name]Harry[/name] so…I guess it depends on the family.
but he never ever goes by [name]Harry[/name].