Henry?

Hi ladies, what do think of Henry?

We both love it but is it a name our child would like growing up?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

I like it. Henry sounds strong and smart. It was also my dad's nickname.

Plus I just thought there are so many important people named Henry. Cant think of any but there are lots.

Ohhhh I love the name Henry!!! My DH doesn't want me to use it :(

Little boy in my mum's group is called Henry! He is 7 months old ans so cute....suits the name!!
It's very old fashioned but I like it!!

sorry dont like it. Its much tooooo old for my liking. Sounds nerdy i think. I think if i heard a mother call her kid henry i would have a little chuckle to myself. Im sorry, but im quite honest.

What about Harry? thats abit better
or Hamish..

Henry is an absolutely gorgoeus name. I have recently heard the names George and Stanley - which i think probably come from the same era. Looking in a name book you may think - too old sounding, but when you meet the children with those names you begin to like the sound of them.
I'd say go for it. There are way more weird sounding names out there ;)

Thank you for your input ladies!

The older the better for us.. We love classic historical names :)

We find out the gender next week anyway so you never know it may be a girl after all that!
That's where the fun begins as we can't decide on a girls name, everything we liked is now in the top 10 which we DON"T like!

Peanut baby - just re-read my post - I didn't mean that I think that Henry is a weird sounding name. I'd like one of my girls to date a Henry :) (in about 30 years!!!!!)
I love it when I take my daughter Hannah to my grandmother's nursing home - they love that her name is from their era.

I think it is a really cute name! I'm right into older names at the moment: Henry, Roger, George, they are all good!

I love the name Henry... so much so that it is DS2's name. Additionally, he is a delightful child with a great sense of humour, sensitive to the feeling of others and has a great mind!

I love it!
Henry was at the top of my list but DH said no names from Thomas the tank Engine :(

I really like Henry, it's sweet.

All the oldies sigh when I tell them DD is Elizabeth....

Henry is a great name.
The best thing about it is it is a two for the price of one name. Harry is the English nick-name for Henry (Prince Harry is actually Prince Henry) so you can use either .

JaZa, no that's ok! I honestly didn't take offence. I'm a bit of a nanna really, love old movies etc so I wouldn't expect everyone to like Henry.

Lulu, Elizabeth is our middle name for a girl!! Absolutely love it and would are probably even considering it for a first name depending on the sex Monday. It's my mum's middle name :)

DrGirl72 - he sounds like he has a nature any parent would be extremely proud of!

I'm glad to hear peoples input, we have kept it a secret and although we think most people would love it there would be a few who said they didn't! That's life!

:)

We have two baby Henrys in our playgroup now (one a younger sibling and another a newbie). One is spelt Henri.
I think it's a darling name for a little boy, and a strong name for a teen/man. A winner! (But I like traditional boy's names too.)
And Henry's older sister's name is Victoria, LOL! We also have another brother and sister who's names are Charles and Lorelei - lots of regal names in our playgroup!

Yep LOVE it!!

Sorry its too old fashioned , but thats my taste.

So have you found out the sex yet?

I love old fashioned names.....with just about the only execption being Henry lol. It just sounds way too much like hen (as in chook) to me, but maybe thats cos we have hens so its a word I am saying and hearing a lot.

I love George, Oliver, Joseph, Heath, Miles, Nathaniel, Poppy, Hazel, Ingrid, Lola and Josephine though.

ah well girls, we found out we are having a little girl!! so no need to think about the boys name for now :) :)

Henrietta :p

Hooray for pink! How do you like Harriet? ( love it, DH says no)
Pink names I like:
Edith (Edie)
Daisy
Millicent
Josephine
Hazel
Clementine
Beatrice
Violet
Stella
Martha
Iris
Imogen

I LOVE Henry. We're thinking of naming bubs Henry Joseph if he's a boy. A bit classic, a bit different, but no too common or uncommon. We've always loved the name, and there is the cutest little boy called Henry Martin in my class. He's 7 months old and laughs all day. He's such a darling!!

Can't wait to hear what you're having. I'd find out tomorrow if I could...

Have fun choosing. What are you ideas for girl names?

Oh - just missed your post. I LOVE Harriet, and also don't mind Stella (didn't like it till I had a 3 year old in my class last year named Stella, and now I just think of "Miss Personality" -- don't think I'd name my kids Stella, but don't mind the name). I also like Genevieve (nickname Vieve), from a similar era.

I also knew a Genevieve who was nn'd "evie" Biggest brown eyes you've ever seen. Still amazed I didn't drown in them.

i love love love the name Henry, i can just picture a gorgeous little boy.. you could call him Heners as a nick name.
all the best!

ok sorry just read your post, will have to keep henery for next time. i know a lovely little Harriet, i think thats a gorgeous girls name. what other names did you have in mind??

Congratulations on your little girl! :confetti:

Our DD is Harriet Susan Louise (Susan - my mum, Louise - DH's mum).

The name Harriet was a late inclusion right at the bottom of our girls names list. When she arrived we tried out all the names on her but Harriet was the only one that seemed to suit her. And of course now we couldn't imagine her as anything else.

Here's our list:
Madeline
Claudia
Elise
Dorothy
Lauren
Laura
Nicola
Harriet

ETA: And we love calling her Harri for short.

I know a little girl is on her way but I just thought I would say that I quite like Henry as a name (given that the title of this thread askes about the name). I really like lesser used names from previous generations.

I want to name my boys names like George and Henry and my girls Claire and Charlotte. Names that not every kid in class has and that won't grow old.