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HelpHarper or Piper?
(if you had to pick)
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Neither, but if I really HAD to pick I would go with Harper.
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Piper, and for a boy.
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Piper
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Piper but I love Harper too
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Definitely Harper
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Neither really does it for me as a given name, but Piper seems less pathetic.
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Piper by far- I can't stand Harper.
I like Piper, it's a gp of mine. I knew the cutest little 7-yr-old Piper, and good associations always help.
Harper on the other hand, I can't stand at all. The harp- sound at the start of the name is so incredibly unattractive to my ears- it makes me think both of a nosy busybody harping on about something and also of a harpy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy). Neither of which is something that I'd want to be thinking about when I hear someone's name.
I like Piper, it's a gp of mine. I knew the cutest little 7-yr-old Piper, and good associations always help.
Harper on the other hand, I can't stand at all. The harp- sound at the start of the name is so incredibly unattractive to my ears- it makes me think both of a nosy busybody harping on about something and also of a harpy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy). Neither of which is something that I'd want to be thinking about when I hear someone's name.
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Don't love either, but if I had to pick, it'd be Piper.
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Harper - I really love it
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Harper.
I'm not crazy about it, but I have to give it a nod just for Harper Lee.
I'm not crazy about it, but I have to give it a nod just for Harper Lee.
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Harper! its great for both genders
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Piper. I like them both but Piper is a top 5 of mine :)
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Neither, but Harper by a landslide.
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neither
I really don't like occupation names. I really don't see the appeal. What if the kid in question turned out to be really unmusical?
Anyway, soundwise, Harper is better.
I really don't like occupation names. I really don't see the appeal. What if the kid in question turned out to be really unmusical?
Anyway, soundwise, Harper is better.
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Harper. It sounds so light and feminine to me.
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Piper
Harper reminds me of a harpy, a "mythical, predatory monster having a woman's head and a bird's body." (Webster's) It was a derogatory name for a woman once. Coincidently, in Webster's the next word after "harpy" is "harridan." (= a shrewish woman)
I just can't picture someone playing a harp, much as I love the instrument.
Piper has pleasant associations in my head. Actress Piper Laurie.
Harper reminds me of a harpy, a "mythical, predatory monster having a woman's head and a bird's body." (Webster's) It was a derogatory name for a woman once. Coincidently, in Webster's the next word after "harpy" is "harridan." (= a shrewish woman)
I just can't picture someone playing a harp, much as I love the instrument.
Piper has pleasant associations in my head. Actress Piper Laurie.
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Piper
hands down Piper...Harper sounds like Harpie to me....
Yick
hands down Piper...Harper sounds like Harpie to me....
Yick
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If I HAD to pick...
Harper. At least there is the angelic thought of playing harps to fall back on.
Harper. At least there is the angelic thought of playing harps to fall back on.
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If I HAD to pick...
Harper. At least there is the angelic thought of playing harps to fall back on.
Harper. At least there is the angelic thought of playing harps to fall back on.
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