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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.