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[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Can I have some opinions on these two names:

Hanley
Harper

Sound weird? Non-nameish? Too last namey? Boy or girl?

Comments

[starshucks.livejournal.com]

I hate both of them. :)

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Well, thanks for being honest. :)

[starshucks.livejournal.com]

You're welcome :)

[ashleyyynoel.livejournal.com]

same.

[sweethoneybee.livejournal.com]

This.

[itzsolastsummer.livejournal.com]

i've had professors with both of those names as last names, not first name material.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Hanley is really not my style at all.

Harper is almost okay, and I find it pretty unisex. However, I think that it is used on girls a lot lately, whereas I'd be more likely to use it on a boy.

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Hanley sounds a little too last-namey, but you could use it for a boy.

I'm afraid Harper's becoming too popular, but I love it for girls. I like it okay for boys, but I think it's Paul Simon's son's name, so it's certainly not unheard of.

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I think of Hanley for a girl and Harper for a boy. I can't see Harper on a girl at all. Hanley is ok - but I like Shanley better. (I knew a girl named Shanley, pronounced Shan (like shannon) lee)

[feeltherain.livejournal.com]

I don't care too much for Hanley but I like Harper for a boy.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I don't like Harper. I like Hanley a lot (even though it's too last namey), probably because one of my favorite bands is called Framing Hanley.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. You're the only person who said they liked Hanley. (And the Avenue Q icon makes me love you.)

[kimber-leigh.livejournal.com]

i like Harper!

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

i dislike both

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

Hanley I'm not so sure about. Harper I really like, but I like it on a girl

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Adding to the "I hate them both" chorus. :) Hanley just doesn't seem like a name to me, at all, and Harper makes me think of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird, so it is slightly better, but still seems overly trendy. Harper I think of as a girl's name, although a masculine one, and Hanley I just have no idea.

[jennahenna.livejournal.com]

I love Harper for a girl! Very literary :)

Hanley not so much for either sex.

[screamatmyself.livejournal.com]

I don't like Hanley. Not sure why.

I know why I don't like Harper. Same reason I don't like Archer. It sounds like a title, not a name.

[kaoriz.livejournal.com]

Hate Hanley.
Like Harper, preferably for a girl

[breezy-boo.livejournal.com]

dont like hanley, but i looovve Harper, and it really sounds like a girl name to me.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The more I think about it the more I dislike Hanley actually.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I would guess that Hanley is a boy, Harper would be a girl. I really don't like Hanley; I've never heard it before, but it's ugly.

Harper, I don't know whether it's actually that bad, I just always assume that people are trying too hard to be cool and using it because of To Kill A Mockingbird. Same with Atticus.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

I actually love Atticus too but I dont associate them with To Kill a Mocking Bird. (I know, I'm like the only person in the world who doesnt) Mostly because I've known people with both of these names.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

They're last names, not first names.

[kwsh.livejournal.com]

Hanley = Last name. Boyish. Don't like it.

Harper = Reminds me of To Kill a Mockingbird. My elementary school music teacher named his daughter that. I would never use it but I like it. I think it's cute.

[songspell.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't use either. If I had to, though, Hanley is a boy's name and Harper is a girl.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I probably wont use them either. Not pregnant and dont plan on being pregnant any time soon. Just wanted to know what people thought. Who knows, maybe I'll get a chihuahua and name her Harper...

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

I don't like Hanley at all. Harper's okay. I like it on a girl, but I feel like it's becoming really popular/trendy.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Is it? Huh, Geography wasnt my greatest subject.

[snailrevolution.livejournal.com]

Harper is cute, and really rising up on the popularity list. :) Hanley... seems like middle name material, good for honoring a relative.

[amandidda.livejournal.com]

Yay! Someone who kinda maybe likes them! Yeah, Harper's getting kinda popular.

[i12bmore.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Harper, and think of it as definitely a girl's name, because of author Harper Lee. With all the little Atticuses running around lately, it seems the smart female counterpart (Scout seems overmuch).