Someone I know loosely (on the internet) has a son named Harker [name_m]Ridge[/name_m]… I’m seriously crushing on it right now, but partner says no.
Harker [name_m]Ridge[/name_m] sounds like a place you visit, not a person.
Sorry but I agree with the previous poster. Whilst it’s a strong name it sounds like somewhere you’d go for a hike or camping.
A driving trip to see fall leaves. A big no as a name.
Agree with previous posters. Sounds like a place, not a name.
I’ve heard of the name [name_m]Ridge[/name_m] actually, though it sounds like something for a cartoon character to me haha. Harker isn’t all that far off from a lot of the popular names now, but [name_m]Ridge[/name_m], kind of brings it into a different territory.
Here’s a few options apart from [name_m]Ridge[/name_m]:
Harker [name_u]Reed[/name_u]
Harker [name_m]Reis[/name_m]
Harker [name_m]Rad[/name_m]
Harker [name_m]Rhett[/name_m]
Harker [name_u]Beau[/name_u]
Harker [name_m]Ace[/name_m]
And here’s some name’s that are along the lines of Harker:
[name_m]Ryker[/name_m]
[name_m]Ranger[/name_m]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_m]Racer[/name_m]
[name_m]Ryder[/name_m]
[name_m]Hackett[/name_m]
[name_u]Harbor[/name_u]
[name_m]Harte[/name_m]
[name_m]Homer[/name_m]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps 
I think it sounds nice! However it seems like Harker would get mistaken for [name_u]Parker[/name_u] when introducing himself… its kind of hard to hear that H sound when speaking it. I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_m]Ridge[/name_m]!
I actually quite like it, but it does kinda sound like a place name.
I’m not fond of using obvious surnames as first names. And while I could make an exception for Harker - because [name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] Harker is a character from my favourite book, [name_m]Bram[/name_m] Stoker’s “Dracula”, its unfortunate pairing with [name_m]Ridge[/name_m] makes it highly unattractive, in my eyes at least. Both Harker and [name_m]Ridge[/name_m] are obviously surnames that, when put together, sound like a destination, e.g. “I bumped into an old friend at Harker [name_m]Ridge[/name_m]”.
It’s not a terrible name by any means, but it’s not something that I see as being handsome, or sophisticated, distinctive or charming, and I wouldn’t consider using it myself - especially since there’s already a kid walking around with that exact name.
I like Harker and [name_m]Ridge[/name_m] enough on their own, but the end of Harker and beginning of [name_m]Ridge[/name_m] run into each other a bit to my ear. Maybe Harker [name_m]Aldridge[/name_m]?
I like Harker if it’s a real name. Or did they just combine [name_u]Parker[/name_u] and [name_u]Harper[/name_u]?
This is from Wikipedia, but;
“Harker is an English surname. Many geographic locations are named after individuals with the Harker surname. … Speculation is that Harker is the result of the combination of Romanized hyphenation of the surnames [name_m]Hart[/name_m] or Hare and [name_u]Kerr[/name_u]. ([name_m]Hart[/name_m] - a type of stag; Hare - a rabbit; [name_u]Kerr[/name_u] - a marshland.)”
It also reminds me of hark/hearkening
From ancestry.com:
English (mainly northeastern [name_f]England[/name_f] and [name_u]West[/name_u] Yorkshire): habitational name from either of two places in Cumbria, or from one in the parish of Halsall, near Ormskirk, [name_m]Lancashire[/name_m]. The Cumbrian places are probably named from Middle English hart ‘male deer’ + kerr ‘marshland’. The one in [name_m]Lancashire[/name_m] has the same second element, while the first is probably Old English har ‘gray’ or hara ‘hare’. nickname for an eavesdropper or busybody, from an agent derivative of Middle English herkien ‘to listen’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, [name_m]Oxford[/name_m] University [name_m]Press[/name_m]