Harper (for a girl)

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

What do you think? I know a lot of girls get named Scout in honor of To Kill a Mockingbird, but to me that's a bit much. Harper is the author's first name. I kinda dig it.

Comments

[straight-outta.livejournal.com]

love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it love it

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

harper lee's real name was harold???

[xfadedstarletx.livejournal.com]

No, it was Nelle :)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497369/bio

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

yup. nelle harper lee.

[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Anne Rice, probably, who was named Howard. (Her parents wanted a boy.)

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Oh that's just terrible! Okay for wanting a boy but punishing the resulting girl in the form of a boys name... ouch.

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

apparently lots of parents do it, why do you think there's so many little girl Elliots and Masons?

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

I love it. I've been thinking about it recently. In a Law & Order: SVU episode (actually, it's rerunning tonight), a character's name is Harper. A woman, obviously.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

lmao! i was totally watching that when i posted this!

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

i LOVE your icon!!

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I don't like either for a girl. I don't like Scout at all, and Harper is a male name to me.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

i had that thought too. and i usually like those kinds of names for girls. i have a strong attraction to unisex names for girls. however, i really hate them for boys.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

i call them unisex because they ARE unisex names. i happen to prefer them for females, but that doesn't make them girls' names. they are unisex.

i don't think there is a shortage of male names floating around. there are millions of them out there!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Carol? Seriously?

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

I totally agree. So many people say they love "unisex" names, but what they really mean is they love boys' names on girls. And then of course those so-called unisex names eventually turn into girls' names, the way Ashley, Leslie, and so many others have. It annoys me that giving girls a boys' name is trendy and spunky, but giving a guy a girls' name, or even a unisex name, is NEVER done. I mean, I see comments saying that names like Taylor and Mackenzie are too girlie, not realizing that they started as boys' names! (And surnames, but that's not the point here.) I'm just waiting for the day when somebody says Ryan or Logan is "girlie." (Those seem to be two of the more popular boy names for girls lately.)

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

i'm not using "the unisex trend" as an excuse to like what i like. you're really hung up on this "unisex trend" phrase.

and i'm not opposed to certain names for boys because it makes them sound/seem gay. i would be proud to have a gay son or daughter. there is nothing wrong with being gay and i find homosexuality completely irrelevant to the topic of baby names!

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

there are quite a few unisex names that i don't like on either gender: ashley (in any spelling), shannon, jamie, tracey, stacey, leslie, etc. and i do like a lot of super-feminine names for girls: lilly, rose, juliette, aurora, eve, etc.

i don't really know how to explain why i don't like certain names for boys. they just don't seem to "fit." i guess it's the same reason i don't like some names for girls, or for either sex. it's instinctual, i suppose.

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

Hate it cause it's Canada's dumb priminster's name. And Harper should not be a girl's name in my opinion.

[softrock-star.livejournal.com]

i was totally loving the name - until i read your comment. he's so dumb and irrelevant that i am lucky enough to forget he's our PM sometimes!

[shyloh.livejournal.com]

I know a 3 year old girl named Harper. Personally, I do not like it. She is one of the most beautiful girls I know, but I don't feel like her name matches her beauty.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

*gasp* oh, that's a horrible nickname!

i really don't like nicknames anyway though.

[blitzgirl.livejournal.com]

I have a friend named Harper. The name really suits her.

[scottish-diva.livejournal.com]

I like Scout better than i like Harper for a girl - but i wouldn't use either of them.

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

Yuck, I really hate it. It's better than Scout, which is just beyond terrible, but it's still a boy's name. I don't consider it unisex at all.

[playwithlights.livejournal.com]

I love it for a boy or a girl.

[pap3r-heart.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Harper for a girl.

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I don't get it. It's not a name it's a word and it's so masculine.

I hate Harper it reminds me of harpoon.

I just want to say... seriously, read some more books!

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

iawtc

[ex-electricr583.livejournal.com]

This is true.

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

read more books? i happen to be a literature teacher! TKaM has always been a favorite, that's all!

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

hate it

[invisiblepet.livejournal.com]

LOVE Harper! It's on the list. :)

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

I really like it.

[ex-electricr583.livejournal.com]

Harper and Scout are purely ugly to me.

>.<

I had bad Harper Lee/TKaM-based name exposure earlier in my pregnancy, right after I found out I was having a girl, with my young english teacher who decided to name her baby girl Davis Scout Thomas(Thomas being the last name). After I told her I was thinking about naming my baby Eden Rose, she promptly replied that the name was too feminine...for a girl...

[ilovehounds.livejournal.com]

lol. i LOVE eden rose! it's lovely.

i can deal with scout. but davis is a terrible name no matter what gender someone is!