Comments on: Name of the Day: Harvey

By: Baby Name of the Day: Nyx | Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Nyx | Appellation Mountain — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:03:17 +0000

[...] is tempting to think of Nicks – as in American singer Stevie and English shopping staple Harvey. Both associations have some [...]

By: Baby Name of the Day: Yvonne | Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Yvonne | Appellation Mountain — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:52:58 +0000

[...] It may be that the 1930s were prime time for the letter V. Alvin and Vivian, Vincent and Eva, Harvey and Vera were all popular. If the vibrant v is having another moment – and she’s [...]

By: Harvey

Harvey — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:11:05 +0000

my parents decided to name me Harvey and Im a girl. i havent ever met another Harvey let alone another girl Harvey. its funny that my name is the name of the day

By: Baby Name of the Day: Polly | Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Polly | Appellation Mountain — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:04:23 +0000

[...] song called “Polly.” So did Nirvana. There’s also independent musician P.J. Harvey, born Polly Jean. The musical connection takes Polly in a different, darker [...]

By: Baby Name of the Day: Annora | Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Annora | Appellation Mountain — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:48:44 +0000

[...] Annora Williams-Wynn married Lord Harvey of Tasburgh in 1920. I’m not positive of the connection, but there’s that name again, [...]

By: Baby Name of the Day: Winston « Appellation Mountain

Baby Name of the Day: Winston « Appellation Mountain — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:05:52 +0000

[...] Pulp Fiction featured Harvey Keitel in a small role as Winston Wolf, who helps contract killers Vincent and Jules clean up a [...]

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:15:26 +0000

I could definitely go for Kenneth, James, Frank, Harry, and Henry, but somehow Harvey still sounds too old-guy for me. The sound does not appeal to me much.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:01:02 +0000

Congratulations, Kayt! You must be a mother by now. That’s so fabulous!

James will be NotD on 1/7 and Kenneth on 1/9. I agree with Lola – I think Kenneth could qualify as a modern classic.

By: appellationmountain

appellationmountain — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:54:04 +0000

Isn’t that interesting – Harvey and Dylan! In the US, I think it would be Dylan and Jayden.

By: Katharine

Katharine — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:32:42 +0000

I’ll third Kenneth and James as suggestions for name of the day. I’d never considered Knenneth untill Lola mentioned him back along, since them I’ve really grown to love his proud and proper sound. And James, well as Lola has already mentioned – James is one of the few true classics that you never tire of hearing. He has strong family ties for me too, as he is (take a deep breath) my brothers name, my dads middle name, my grandad’s middle name and my great granddad’s first name plus my OH’s middle name – phew!

Back to the matter in hand: Harvey. I have say that I’m in a rather weird place with Harvey. Part of me feels that he has a very old school – cool, glamorous, off the beaten track, Hollywood movie vibe to him (probably brought on by a mixture of associations like the Harvey Wallbanger cocktail, Harvey Weinstein and Harvey Keitel). On the flip side, the fact that he has has achieved relative popularity in the UK in the last ten years makes him feel ultra modern – even though he’s not.

To give you an idea of his usage over here, I reckon that Harvey would more likely be the sibling of a Finley, Dylan or Callum than the more geeky-chic Gus, Bertie or Archie as you might expect. Personally, I just can’t reconcile his slightly off beat, cool feel with his popular usage – the two just seem so at odds.