Can Henry be a nickname for Harrison?
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
|
If you want a longer name, Henrique/Henrich/Henric, Henderson or Hendric/Hendryk are longer names that could shorten to Henry.
Otherwise Henry is a decent classic full name. According to some name origin sources, Harrison is an alternate form of Henry. |
Anonymous
| Huh. I think it's no but deal if that's what you want to do. |
Anonymous
| no |
Anonymous
|
Call Henry--Henry.
Call Harrison--Harry or Harrison. |
Anonymous
| You could try, but it might not stick beyond your own family. (And why is anyone in your/DH's family deciding what they'll call your child, regardless of the name you give him?) |
Anonymous
| Anything can be a nickname for anything, if that's the nickname you use. There is no Nickname Police. Although there are people who think that there should be. |
Anonymous
| No. What is wrong with just calling him Harrison if that is what you name him? Harrison is cute. Henry is nice, too, but it is a different name altogether. |
Anonymous
| Of course it can work. Lots of nicknames (especially in past generations) where not shortened forms of the long names but rather actual nicknames. |
Anonymous
|
Why do your families get a say? Name him something and tell them to call him that. What's this "grow into a name" crap?
Sheesh. Will they also get a say in what he eats and when he poops? |
Anonymous
+1000 It's terrifying how uptight some people are. What does it matter?? |
Anonymous
| No |
Anonymous
Not if you consider Eunice a nickname for Elizabeth? |
Anonymous
| If you like Henry, why not just name him Henry? I don't understand naming a child Harrison and insisting on a nickname that is an entirely different name. Both are great names. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| What about Harris as a nickname? |