Harry's Blog

How about something a little different - I've always liked "Havard".

Alternatively, celebrate your leprechaun roots. We've got a couple of Irish friend who have called their boys Fiachra and Oisin.

I guess the veto of Cantona also means Eric is out - H.E.N would have been entertaining.

You should probably try to avoid a name beginning with U.

Middle name has to be Sonford. For obvious reasons

Cartmel, of course!

Brilliant Katie!

Cartmel works. That's funny.

You could also go for just an initial. Harry Truman had a middle initial (S) that didn't stand for anything.
President Grant supposedly had a bare initial too, until he got to West Point (our Sandhurst) where they told him there was no such thing, and that his S was now short for Simpson.

(Wanna be Harry Bart?)

Do you have a favourite Saint's name? You could always go for Patrick. A lot of people are named after their parents but how many can say they are named after their children?

Or themselves

You don't have to go to the expense of deed poll. You could simply adopt it as your new name on marriage, or before if your fancied.

As long as you are not changing your name for fraudulent reasons you can change it when you fancy.

It's not really much of an expense. And I'd like to do it pretty soon.

I did the very same thing very recently but actually to get rid of my two middle names, not to change or add anything. I hadn't used them in years but my uni refused to take them off their records, so I did the thing properly and shoved my change of name deed under their noses :-)

Why do you want a middle name? You'll never use it anyway!

Or you could use your current real first name as your new middle name.

I could. But I don't like it very much - even though obviously my family is bound to carry on using it.

Maybe I should just not have a middle name.

I just don't really see the point of middle names, to be honest!

When my boyfriend saw how easy it was for me to change my name, he decided he wanted to change his to Wolf Lightning-Blast. Which of course I have vetoed.

I went through a phase of wanting to be called Hengist (it's Norse for Stallion), although I think that was mostly to irritate the other half.

If I was a lass, I'd change my name to Hepzibah Grandloom. That would be awesome.

Great suggestion up there Katie, it has to be Cartmel.

What about setting up a vote Harry?

Is there a limit to how often you can change your name? If it really is simple, try doing it every few weeks. We could take it in turns to come up with the next name. It would be great fun with banks, doctor's receptionists, etc...

A vote is a great idea Kev, I'll set that up now.

Hi mate, i have come up with a top 3 names. The worst is No3 in tribute to Ray Winstone and to celebrate your position in life, Harry 'The Daddy' Neary. No2 In celebration of my favourite sweets Harry 'Bo' Neary. And No1 and this i am very proud of, just imagine been in church next year and the vicar says....... Wait for it... Do you Harry 'Krishna' Neary!!!

We vote for TAFKAB!