Comments on: HOORAY FOR HENRY: The quirky classic that manages to stay cool

By: Kat

Kat — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:59:15 +0000

I really like Henry, but I’m afraid the blogger is wrong: it really is epidemically trendy, or at least it will be within the next 5 years.

By: jessica

jessica — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:03:06 +0000

I think it’s goofy too. It doesn’t manage to stay edgy for me just dull like Daniel or James.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:59:07 +0000

I love Henry but then I do tend to like slightly ’stodgy’ boy’s classics. It is definitely more popular in the UK but no excessively so.

By: Kayt

Kayt — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:50:29 +0000

I love Henry! I pressed for it so hard when I was pregnant, but unfortunately, my sister in law’s abusive ex and babydaddy’s name is Henry. It’s out forever, and it makes me so so sad!

By: maus

maus — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:57:41 +0000

i LOVE the name Henry – expecting my own little Henry in November

By: Sophia Corinne

Sophia Corinne — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:32:01 +0000

I’ve liked Henry since reading The Time Traveler’s Wife (other great names in the book are Clare and Alba) and it just seems like a classic. My favorite celebrity baby named Henry is Henry Chance (Rachel Weisz’ son). I wouldn’t use it myself but I love it on other people.

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:32:45 +0000

Linda wrote this post, which leaves me free to add my own Henry story. Our first child was supposed to be Henry….but was a girl. Our second child I insisted on naming Joe after my dad, with the proviso that if we had another boy it would be Henry. But by the time Boy #2 came along, we decided that while we loved Henry, we were hearing it a little too often in our yuppie town. But I still love it and have never met a less-than-wonderful Henry!

By: caroline

caroline — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:24:16 +0000

I love Henry! It’s my top choice for a boy. We are having a girl in December, which I’m very excited about, but if it had been a boy, we would’ve called him Henry Nathaniel. While I love the name, I’m a bit bothered with all the attention it’s getting–will be super popular by the time I ever get around to using it, if ever! Having a much harder time deciding on girls’ names–there are so many more girls names I love than boys’ names.

By: http://names4real.wordpress.com/

http://names4real.wordpress.com/ — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:44:02 +0000

Love the name Henry, although not a big fan of his nicknames. I smile every time I see it when I’m scouring through birth announcements for my blog. Great story.

By: http://legitbabenames.wordpress.com/

http://legitbabenames.wordpress.com/ — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:26:48 +0000

I agree that Henry is a quintessential classic with an edge. Its a nice solid choice that ages well with tons of nice nickname options to choose from.