Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:09     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
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.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:09     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
Anonymous wrote:No. It will just be assumed she is a boy.


+1
None of her peers will know who Kamala Harris is and our generation will have forgotten. It's a terrible first name boy or girl.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:07     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
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.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:07     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
OMG at least use Harriet instead of Harris.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:05     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
Anonymous wrote:I dont get why parents do this to their kids.


Because they are thinking about themselves, and their family legacy, rather than their kids.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:04     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
I can’t think of many common maiden names that are worse suited for a girls first name. Collins, Evans, Smith I think you could get away with. Harris?? No. It’s supremely ugly and the only nickname is “Harry”.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:04     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
I dont get why parents do this to their kids.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:03     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
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.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:02     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
Please just don’t. She will have to be exceptionally beautiful to pull off the name Harris. It is incredibly masculine and brings to mind the word “hair/ hairy” to boot.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:02     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
It's not a great first name for a girl. And yes, a lot of people will assume Kamala.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:01     Subject: Re:Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
Who cares? Kind of an odd name for a girl, though.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:01     Subject: Re:Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
No. Kamala Harris will be the answer to a trivia game in 5 years.

But if you do this, OP, please give her a feminine middle name. She may not love being called Harris as a girl.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:01     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
That's an awful first for a girl.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:01     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
No. It will just be assumed she is a boy.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2025 13:00     Subject: Will baby girl named Harris be assumed to be named after Kamala Harris rather than mom’s maiden name?
In coming years, will she be faced with the whether she was named after Kamala or do people assume it’s mom’s maiden name/family name?