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in reply to a message by coffeelover
I think people on this website tend to be "name nerds" and this often results in:
Disliking surnames as first names, especially on girls.
Disliking overly popular names
Liking names that have a long history as a name
Liking names with "good meanings"
Lots of people in English speaking countries have latched onto the name Harper, so it is liked broadly by many parents.
I, personally, dislike it for a few reasons. It sounds like "harping" as in someone is harping on too much. I think it has a whiny sound. There is no cute nickname available, which I like. But what I dislike most about it isn't that it is a surname used on girls, but it's pretentiousness. It screams "I'm a white saviour who read a book about racism written by a white woman". It's a book many of us were required to read in school, which isn't a bad thing, but there are is more reading to be done.
Her legal name was Nelle for a start, but no one is queuing up to use that. Harper fits in with Taylor, Morgan, Piper and so feels more fashionable and "trendy" which, is again, something people on the boards tend not to like. I myself don't mind a trendy name if I like the sounds or aesthetics of the name, for example I like Hayley and Tiffany which are quite dated now and certainly not classics in the way website favourites like Alice and Caroline are.
If you like the name then you won't be alone, but I'm not surprised by the comments. I'm sure there are worse under similar names.
Disliking surnames as first names, especially on girls.
Disliking overly popular names
Liking names that have a long history as a name
Liking names with "good meanings"
Lots of people in English speaking countries have latched onto the name Harper, so it is liked broadly by many parents.
I, personally, dislike it for a few reasons. It sounds like "harping" as in someone is harping on too much. I think it has a whiny sound. There is no cute nickname available, which I like. But what I dislike most about it isn't that it is a surname used on girls, but it's pretentiousness. It screams "I'm a white saviour who read a book about racism written by a white woman". It's a book many of us were required to read in school, which isn't a bad thing, but there are is more reading to be done.
Her legal name was Nelle for a start, but no one is queuing up to use that. Harper fits in with Taylor, Morgan, Piper and so feels more fashionable and "trendy" which, is again, something people on the boards tend not to like. I myself don't mind a trendy name if I like the sounds or aesthetics of the name, for example I like Hayley and Tiffany which are quite dated now and certainly not classics in the way website favourites like Alice and Caroline are.
If you like the name then you won't be alone, but I'm not surprised by the comments. I'm sure there are worse under similar names.
