Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ooof. That is a middle name at best, please don't name a little girl "Harris".

But yes, if I met a female baby Harris I'd assume you named her after Kamala.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yea there is a thing where girls are given surnames as first names. It can work. But this one doesn’t work.

It’s like if there was a thing where girls were named after cars, and you knew a Mercedes and a Sonata. So you decided to name your baby girl Buick or Volvo. It’s not going to work for you.

Mercedes has been a name longer than the automobile has existed.

[Anonymous]

Ugh. People will just assume that little Harris’ parents REALLY wanted a boy and couldn’t get over the fact that their child was a girl.

Poor kid, I feel sorry for her already.

[Anonymous]

Thanks PPs! There’s also a famous tv presenter Harris Faulkner that I found to also have the name apparently.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Faulkner

[Anonymous]

Kamala does not even enter into my first thoughts.

1) if you just like the name save it for a boy or a pet.

2) if you want to use it bc it is a family name use it as a middle name.

I have my mom’s maiden name as my middle name and it is also Scottish and masculine if used as a first name.

If it were a boy, go for it, but Harris reads as very male to me. Pop an Anne in front of it you have to do it. Or Mary. I think the double barreled first name is ok and the only way I’m going to support Harris as a girl’s name. Obviously I get no vote, but I don’t want to set my kid up for constant confusion on gender right away.

I think the Kamala question is entirely different, but no, Kamala does not spring to mind when you say it. If you were a Kamala fan and wanted to recall her with your daughter’s name you would choose Kamala. Harris doesn’t. Unless you have old Biden Harris posters and yard signs decorating your house.

Harris might get some Harris Teeter jokes, head’s up. You gotta review the possible nicknames.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yea there is a thing where girls are given surnames as first names. It can work. But this one doesn’t work.

It’s like if there was a thing where girls were named after cars, and you knew a Mercedes and a Sonata. So you decided to name your baby girl Buick or Volvo. It’s not going to work for you.

Mercedes is a culturally popular name not based off the car in Spanish Catholic families that I know.

Yes I know this, it’s why I chose it as an example of a name that would be lovely for a girl that’s also a car name.

[Anonymous]

I would assume it to be a family name, and not have anything to do with Kamala.

I'm not opposed to this idea in theory, and my daughter has an old surname as a first name, but it's a name that also is a first name for both men and women. I think Harris is a bad first name for a girl. I'd like it for a boy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Kamala does not even enter into my first thoughts.

1) if you just like the name save it for a boy or a pet.

2) if you want to use it bc it is a family name use it as a middle name.

I have my mom’s maiden name as my middle name and it is also Scottish and masculine if used as a first name.

If it were a boy, go for it, but Harris reads as very male to me. Pop an Anne in front of it you have to do it. Or Mary. I think the double barreled first name is ok and the only way I’m going to support Harris as a girl’s name. Obviously I get no vote, but I don’t want to set my kid up for constant confusion on gender right away.

I think the Kamala question is entirely different, but no, Kamala does not spring to mind when you say it. If you were a Kamala fan and wanted to recall her with your daughter’s name you would choose Kamala. Harris doesn’t. Unless you have old Biden Harris posters and yard signs decorating your house.

Harris might get some Harris Teeter jokes, head’s up. You gotta review the possible nicknames.

The only possible nickname is Harry. What girl wants to be called “hairy”?

[Anonymous]

Advice: Just pick a better name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks PPs! There’s also a famous tv presenter Harris Faulkner that I found to also have the name apparently.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Faulkner

Yes, just because one other woman has this unfortunate name doesn’t mean you have to saddle your lovely baby girl with it too. Use it as a middle name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's an awful first for a girl.

Totally agree. Sure hope she's not a hairy kid. Hairy Harris.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks PPs! There’s also a famous tv presenter Harris Faulkner that I found to also have the name apparently.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Faulkner

Famous where?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. People will just assume that little Harris’ parents REALLY wanted a boy and couldn’t get over the fact that their child was a girl.

Poor kid, I feel sorry for her already.

This. She'll be changing her name at 18. At least give her a decent middle name so she can use that.

[Anonymous]

This is the only girl Harris I know of

[Anonymous]

No, but all the kids will call her "hairy" on the playground.