Harlixton - Good, Bad or Ugly?

Fianschneid · March 2011

We've already decided on our boy name and are just starting to agree on a few girl names. DH and I like Harlixton - which is my granfather's middle name, after the town in England where his parents met.

I think it sounds pretty own its own. DH likes the nn Harli, I like Lexy. I like it without a nn, too.

What do you ladies think? Is Harlixton going to get laughed off of the playground?

BlueRidge8 · March 2011

I can think of about 5 reasons why that is a bad idea.

ames71 · March 2011

Honestly? I think Harlixton is an awful name for a child (boy or girl). I also greatly dislike Harli and Lexy as nicknames. I think dog or stripper for both of them. Sorry, I know it's harsh, but I just think it's terrible.

alliejo725 · March 2011

Indifferent

I'm sorry, it's both bad and ugly.

If you like the names Harley and Lexi, why not use one of them instead?

krissyh21 · March 2011

It was your grandfathers MIDDLE NAME for a reason. You can get creative with MN because no one needs to know it unless you want them to. Nothing feminine about this name and it looks like you threw together 3 different names you couldn't agree on.

ShawMich · March 2011

I'm sorry, but it's awful.

balihaigirl · March 2011

Sorry, that's an awful name! Also I'm pretty sure Lexi is a girl's name.

AnneShirleyBlythe · March 2011

No name should have anything like "lick" or "licks" in the middle of it. Maybe it would work as a middle?

SarahPLiz · March 2011

If anything, keep it as a mn. Lexy for a boy nn? Really? Do you hate your child? I keep thinking chartleton (sp?) or harlet.. neither is a good connotation.

Fianschneid · March 2011

Haha - no need to be sorry, ladies. I came to this board for an honest reaction and I got one. I'd rather hear it now than when I find out my kid hates me for it.

Thanks. Off the list.

1medicwife · March 2011

From how I read this post, you said you already have a boys name and are looking for a girl name, correct?

I don't like it. If you really want to use it though, I would suggest to use it as a MN for a boy. It is just too harsh for a girl, IMO.

Cissi64 · March 2011

Ugly!

scoutkate · March 2011

Awful. Usually family names get a pass from me, but this one is just way too bad. And I dislike the nicknames as well, especially Harli. Ugh.

joanithegreat · March 2011

krissyh21:
It was your grandfathers MIDDLE NAME for a reason. You can get creative with MN because no one needs to know it unless you want them to. Nothing feminine about this name and it looks like you threw together 3 different names you couldn't agree on.

This 100%

magsugar13 · March 2011

catahoulatte · March 2011

Sorry, I love that you guys are looking at family significance, but I just really don't like it.

Meg108 · March 2011

ames17:
Honestly? I think Harlixton is an awful name for a child (boy or girl). I also greatly dislike Harli and Lexy as nicknames. I think dog or stripper for both of them. Sorry, I know it's harsh,but I just think it's terrible.

I totally agree!

Moxie27 · March 2011

i'm glad everyone was able to persuade you to NOT use this name!

it's bad.

sunnyday016 · March 2011

Really bad and REALLY ugly. Harli is awful too.

Nanna · March 2011

It's both bad and ugly. My first association is to think of HARLOT. Which is SO not an association I would ever want made with my daughter's name. Move it to the mn spot.

spedi · March 2011

Nanna:
It's both bad and ugly. My first association is to think of HARLOT. Which is SO not an association I would ever want made with my daughter's name. Move it to the mn spot.

I agree the first thing I thought was harlot (just finished reading Julius Caesar, so it is fresh in my mind).

spedi · March 2011

Nanna:
It's both bad and ugly. My first association is to think of HARLOT. Which is SO not an association I would ever want made with my daughter's name. Move it to the mn spot.

I agree the first thing I thought was harlot (just finished reading Julius Caesar, so it is fresh in my mind).

Soon2BMrsN · March 2011

not just ugly -- fugly.

Happy2beMrsT · March 2011

Bad, really bad. Please don't do that to your child.

mbritto4 · March 2011

Awful. Sorry. Maybe for a dog, but not for a person's FN. If you really like it maybe a MN?

rubber_chicken · March 2011

I really love the family significance. Points for that. And it's a real name too, so double points.

However, when I just read the name, I thought "oh lord, this woman made up a name and added a random X and her poor child is going to have to go through life with a made up stripper name on her resume." Which is unfair but the reality is human beings are really judgmental creatures. I mean, if you love it you love it, but in that case I'd pick a well-known, easily-spelled and pronounced middle name she can go by if she chooses.

onelittlemonkey · March 2011

I think the only redeeming quality about it is that it's a family name and meaningful in that way, but I don't like it at all, and especially not for a girl.

crystal959 · March 2011

magsugar13:

This.

leecrystalwed08 · March 2011

EXL311 · March 2011

Yeah it took me a while to figure out you were referring to Harlixton for a girl's name. I agree with everyone else that it's horrible. Definitely the licks sound is the worst part.