Message: "Harriet" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Harriet

by Elle (MonaLisa)

9/17/2006, 6:55 AM

What do you think of Harriet? any mn suggestions?

Current faves: Jasper William, Henry August, Vera Isabelle, Alice Matilda.

~Lisa~
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!!!!!: Morgaine, Arthur, Vivianne, Lancelot, & Guinevere
???????: William, Charles, Percival, Frederick, George, Ronald, & Ginevra
....: Peter, Susan, Edmund, & Lucy

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- Sedley* (Sedley)

9/17/2006, 4:20 PM

I LOVE Harriet, but it took a while to grow on me. I learned to like it because I love Hattie as a nickname. It also goes well with your other favourites (btw, I love Vera Isabelle. I have a chcracter actually named Vera Belle).

-Seda*
:)

- name_lover (guest)

9/17/2006, 1:54 PM

Not a fan of the name Harriet-nms. IMO it's kinda old-fashioned, but it would work well with the other names you have picked out.

- rainbow_Maya

9/17/2006, 12:47 PM

Very nice! And would go especially well with your current sibset :-)
What about Jasper William, Henry August, Vera Isabelle, Alice Matilda and

Harriet Rose (maybe filler-ish, but lovely!)
Harriet Alanna
Harriet Amina
Harriet Anona
Harriet Azara
Harriet Fiona
Harriet Jane
Harriet Jill
Harriet Leola
Harriet Louise
Harriet Maeve
Harriet Medea
Harriet Mignon
Harriet Moon
Harriet Morgaine
Harriet Niamh
Harriet Ruth
Harriet Samantha
Harriet Samira
Harriet Siobhan
Harriet Sophie
Harriet Vivian
Harriet Winona
Harriet Zoe

- Idony (Hannah-Sue)

9/17/2006, 12:17 PM

Harriet is ok, I much prefer Henrietta though.

Harriet Rosemary
Harriet Jane
Harriet Sylvia
Harriet Estelle
Harriet Leonore
Harriet Maeve
Harriet Caroline
Harriet Katrin
Harriet Mary
Harriet Esmee
Harriet Imogen
Harriet Viola
Harriet Niamh

- Soul (guest)

9/17/2006, 11:03 AM

I usually like classic names, but I've never really liked Harriet. I just don't find it attractive enough.

- Julie (guest)

9/17/2006, 11:00 AM

I don't care for Harriet. It reminds me of Harriet Olson on Little House and harry people.

- Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)

9/17/2006, 9:54 AM

I love Harriet

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"Suddenly I heard a tapping, as of someone gently rapping...at my chamber door" - Eric Draven The Crow

R.I.P.: Steve Irwin

- Kris Rose

9/17/2006, 8:49 AM

I think of a bird for some reason...or Harriet the Spy, a not exteremly popular movie made several years ago

I dont like it

~~Kris~~

- Stephanie Anne (wefrox) +1

9/17/2006, 8:15 AM

Harriet Adelaide
Harriet Frances
Harriet Georgia
Harriet Pearl
Harriet Artemis
Harriet Fiona
Harriet Genevieve
Harriet Ingrid
Harriet Isla
Harriet Isolde
Harriet Leah
Harriet Saffron
Harriet Simone
Harriet Sophie
Harriet Victoria
Harriet Evelyn
Harriet Ruby

R.I.P. Steve Irwin

- Elle (MonaLisa)

9/17/2006, 8:59 AM

I like/love*

Harriet Adelaide
Harriet Frances
Harriet Georgia*
Harriet Pearl*
Harriet Simone
Harriet Sophie* even Harriet Sofia.

- Isla +2

9/17/2006, 8:10 AM

I like it quite a bit, esp. with the nn Hattie. One of my favorite combos is Harriet Georgina. :)

~Heather~

- Elle (MonaLisa) +1

9/17/2006, 8:57 AM

I love the nn Hattie too! Thanks for the suggestion. Wdyto Harriet Georgia instead? I really like Georgia and my grandfather's name is George.

- Isla

9/17/2006, 5:30 PM

I like Georgia just as much as Georgina, actually, I just saw Harriet Georgina somewhere on this board a long time ago (I forgot who suggested it...) and it stuck it my head. I love both Georgia and Georgina as fn's, too.

Oddly enough, my grandfather is also named George, and I'm named after him--Heather Georgette (so Harriet Georgia/Georgina would have the same initials :b). I like most feminized George- names except for Georgette, lol. Though I like it a lot more than I used to.
I'll probably never use a George- name, though, because there are a lot of other people in my family I'd like to honor before my grandfather, who was an abusive alcoholic. :-/ (And yet I was named after him, sheesh. lol)

~Heather~

- Josephina Liese (trayc53) +1

9/17/2006, 7:51 AM

I love Harriet! It's one of my absolute favorites. A combo that I have is Harriet Neve, but here are some other suggestions:
Harriet Anne
Harriet Rose
Harriet Mary
Harriet Isla
Harriet Maren
Harriet Eve
Harriet Frances
Harriet Olive
Harriet Katrina
Harriet Lynn
Harriet Sarah
Harriet Nicole

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by Sue Monk Kidd

- Elle (MonaLisa)

9/17/2006, 8:56 AM

Thanks, Harriet Olive is kind of interesting. But because I hate olives and it reminds me of Olive Oyl, I much prefer Harriet Olivia. Thanks! I also really like Harriet Rose.

- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey) +1

9/17/2006, 7:43 AM

I love it--reminds me of Harriet the Spy.

For that reason (the character), I'd want a middle name to be something that doesn't turn it into something too sweet. It's a bit prickly, far as names go, and that's part of the charm for me.

Harriet Loreen
Harriet Eloise
Harriet Adelaide
Harriet Denver (very literary, lol)
Harriet Love (while the meaning of love is very sweet, the sound of it is strong enough that it doesn mush up Harriet too much)
Harriet Pearl
Harriet Isla
Harriet Katja
Harriet Raven
Harriet Zara
Harriet Isis

Array

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I need its noises in my ears.
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- Elle (MonaLisa)

9/17/2006, 8:54 AM

Thanks, Array! I really like Harriet Eloise! I also really like Harriet Pearl and Harriet Loreen.

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