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Today at the beach there was a little boy, British I think, named Harris. At first I thought it might be Paris, but then I was positive his mum was calling him "Harris" with an "h", and I saw it's in the database.
WDYT? I don't like it very much though, as surnames-as-first-names go, it's a change from all the ones ending in -son or -er.
WDYT? I don't like it very much though, as surnames-as-first-names go, it's a change from all the ones ending in -son or -er.
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Harris has been very popular in Scotland in recent years. There's a tiny island of the name, so it fits in with others such as Skye, Iona, Islay. The island also means I see it less as a surname - my father goes hill-walking round these regions so to me it's very place-namey.
I do quite like the name as an alternative to Harry / Henry, and to Harrison which I find trendier.
I do quite like the name as an alternative to Harry / Henry, and to Harrison which I find trendier.
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Oh, the family didn't really have a Scottish accent that I could tell, but the kid and his siblings were all very pale and red-haired, so I wouldn't be entirely surprised if they were Scots, they had a bit of "that look".
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