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I love the name Harry and like it best as a full name. If it had to have a longer name with Harry as a nn, then I would probably go with Harrison.

I LOVE Harry! I'm on the fence about it being used on its own. I usually am very against using nicknames as full names, but there are a few names which started as nicknames but which I do accept as names in their own right, such as Nancy, and Harry is very close for me now. And the thing is I really dislike Henry. For a person. I had a cat named Henry. But anyway. If Harry has to be a nickname, I think Harrison is the best of the bunch.

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My stepbrother's name is Harry, but he is called Hutch. His full name is Harry Clayton III, and his father Harry had wanted a namesake. But my stepmother actually hated the name Harry and was determined to find a nickname for him, and hit upon Hutch. I understand in this case the use of a nickname was probably seen as necessary to avoid confusion, as an additional reason to fact that she hated the name, but still I thought is was a shame that he was called Hutch when he had such a great name as Harry.

Don't like it on its own.
Don't like it as a nickname.
Do not like it with a fox, do not like it in a box...
:)
Of those, I'd prefer Harris.
I tried to look up other names with 'har' in them, but I only like the ones that sound more like har than hair. (Harding, Hartley, etc)

I read once, maybe on this site, maybe not, that Harry actually came before Henry and that Henry was really a nickname or else just a variant of Harry.
I think Harry is fine on its own, better in fact.

After I've gone "Harry... Potter. Our new... celebrity." and rolled my eyes and giggled, I actually quite like it. It's nice. It'd suit any kind of person I can think of. It's usual but I don't think it's super common. At least, I don't know a single person named Harry.

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I don't think it needs to be a nickname either. It sounds complete on its own :) Henry, Harold and Harris are all very old man farmer names to me. Harrison is okay.

I like Harry, but probably not enough to use. It's very popular in the UK but that doesn't bother me that much, most of the boys names I like rank highly in the charts.

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I think it's fine on its own and doesn't need to be a nickname for something else. I like Henry but I wouldn't use Harry as a nn for it.