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Comments and insights on the name Harry

I really like the name Harry. It's a very beautiful name. It's also short for Harold but now people use it as not just a nickname but a name too. Or example Harry Edward Styles. Not Harold but Harry

Personal experiences with the name Harry

0.000000000000000000000000000000001% probability of being an orphan who was forced to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs by his Aunt and her husband and having a fat and mean cousin then trying to catch falling letters in the air when he could pick one up from the floor then believing he's a wizard from a half giant

Nicknames for Harry

Hal, Hank
Harry itself is a nickname - for Harold or Henry (or Harriet)- but more recently has become a name in its own right.
Hazza, Haz, Harold, Hazza-Bear, H, Hazzy,

Meanings and history of the name Harry

Famous real-life people named Harry

Harry Styles - 1/4 member of britsh pop/rock band One Direction, God
Harry S. Truman - 33rd President of the United States
Prince Harry - younger son of Prince Charles
Harry Connick, Jr. - American singer and actor
Harry Hamlin - American actor
Harry Reasoner - American journalist
Harry Wayne Casey - lead singer KC & The Sunshine Band
Harry Lloyd - English actor
Harry Danning - American baseball player
Harry Turtledove - American novelist
Harry Judd, member of McFly
Harry Floyd - World CHAMP in floorball, UK, under 18, dm me for postcode
Harry Shum Jr - Shadowhunter actor

Harry in song, story & screen

Harry Bright- Mamma Mia 1 and 2
Harry Potter- the main character of the "Harry Potter" series by JK Rowling.
Hazzy - A star of 3DgeLOrd's Minecraft let's play
Dirty Harry (Callahan), character in movies played by Clint Eastwood
Harry Goldenblatt, warm and down-to-earth second husband of Charlotte York in the series "Sex and the City".
"I'm Just Wild About Harry", song by Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle
Harry, son of Captain Hook, from Disney's Descendants 2
In Norwegian, "harry" is a derogative slang term meaning "cheesy, lower-class, or vulgar". It derives from the fact that in the early 20th century, English first names like Harry were popular among the lower class.
Harry Mason, novelist, main character of survival-horror video game "Silent Hill"
"Big Hairy Deal" - an expression kids used back in the 60's
My co-worker was telling us that his daughter was talking about somebody getting real upset and said "He had a HAIRY" - meaning, a hairy fit.