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HelpInterested in your thoughts on the name Henry Lee
Personally, I've been liking it a lot these past few days. I think it's classy but with a southern touch. Also quite a few namesakes in both history and in folklore.
But before I become dead set on naming my son this, what are your thoughts? Too southern? Too old fashioned? Or something else?
One more thing...while I'm hesitant to give out my last name, it is two syllables and starts with an L, just so you'll have an idea of how the two sound together.
Thanks!
But before I become dead set on naming my son this, what are your thoughts? Too southern? Too old fashioned? Or something else?
One more thing...while I'm hesitant to give out my last name, it is two syllables and starts with an L, just so you'll have an idea of how the two sound together.
Thanks!
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I like Henry Lee. Usually, I am not overly fond of Henry, but Lee gives it definition and character. It is the name of Robert E Lee's father, but I don't think of it as exclusively Southern. When I googled it, there seems to be several people with doctorate degrees named Henry Lee plus all of the great historical characters.
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uh-oh ...
Henry Lee Lucas comes to mind, especially now that you reveal that about your last name. I haven't Googled the combo Henry Lee, but I'm willing to bet it's the first thing that comes up.
Henry Lee Lucas comes to mind, especially now that you reveal that about your last name. I haven't Googled the combo Henry Lee, but I'm willing to bet it's the first thing that comes up.
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My first thought was of Robert E. Lee's father, and I am not even from the South. I just googled Henry Lee and the top results were Dr. Henry Chang-Yu Lee a Chinese-born American forensic scientist, Henry Lee III also known as Light-Horse Harry Lee an early American patriot who served as the ninth Governor of Virginia and as the Virginia Representative to the United States Congress, and Sir Henry Lee- Master of the Ordnance and Queen's Champion under Elizabeth I of England, MP for Buckinghamshire. I had never heard of the Lucas person before you mentioned him, so I don't think he managed to taint the name too much.
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In the US, Sir Henry Lee is not somebody most people outside of British history buffs know. Lighthorse Harry Lee was somebody that I remember being touched upon in American history class in high school, but I don't think we even learned his real name. I only remember it because the teacher mentioned the musical 1776 and apparently Lighthorse Harry has a song in it which she sang a snatch of.
I certainly never knew the name of Robert E. Lee's father and doubt that many other people, southern or not, do.
The sad fact is that Henry Lee Lucas is the most well-known person with that combo to most Americans.
I certainly never knew the name of Robert E. Lee's father and doubt that many other people, southern or not, do.
The sad fact is that Henry Lee Lucas is the most well-known person with that combo to most Americans.
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The character in "1776" who sang "The Lees of Old Virginia" was Richard Henry Lee, who made the motion in The Second Continental Congress for independence from Britain. This is a different person than Lighthorse Harry Lee, the father of Robert E. Lee. Richard Henry Lee and Lighthorse Harry Lee were second cousins once removed.
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I am not sure why you received different top results from Google then I did unless it is because google remembers your previous search history. For me, Henry Lee Lucas wasn't even listed on the first page of Google results. As I said I am not from the South either, maybe you read more about serial killers? I still like the name Henry Lee.
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*shrug* I don't know why we had different search results. It's okay if you still like the combo.
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It's actually the very last result on the first page! Lots of other more positive things come before...but thanks everyone for bringing this up, I had not heard of Lucas.
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I just googled ...
And the Henry Lee who comes up first and most often is Dr. Henry Lee, the forensic pathologist who got a lot of exposure during the OJ Simpson trial.
And the Henry Lee who comes up first and most often is Dr. Henry Lee, the forensic pathologist who got a lot of exposure during the OJ Simpson trial.
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I find Lee really boring as a middle name, like the ultimate filler.
I don't find it old fashioned at all, and I feel like I can't comment on it's southern-ness since I'm not American. But I really like Henry, maybe with a different more unusual but still classy middle name.
Henry Dean
Henry Dane
Henry Cade
Henry Jack
Henry George
Henry Mark
Henry West
Henry Abe
Henry Ike
Henry Luc
I don't find it old fashioned at all, and I feel like I can't comment on it's southern-ness since I'm not American. But I really like Henry, maybe with a different more unusual but still classy middle name.
Henry Dean
Henry Dane
Henry Cade
Henry Jack
Henry George
Henry Mark
Henry West
Henry Abe
Henry Ike
Henry Luc
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I love Henry and like Lee. I don't get an overt southern feel from the combination, personally, but that may be because both are family/ancestor names for me, with multiple bearers, and of the Lee bearers, I only know of one who was southern. If I was going to nitpick, the only thing that strikes me, sound-wise, is that Henry ends in the "ee" sound and Lee repeats that sound without adding much else to interest the ear, but loving the names trumps that nitpick, I say.
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...Lucas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lee_Lucas
I wouldn't use it because that's the first name that pops into my head, but keep in mind I went through a, "Read everything I can about serial killers" phase when I was a teenager, so it probably wouldn't be a problem for most people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lee_Lucas
I wouldn't use it because that's the first name that pops into my head, but keep in mind I went through a, "Read everything I can about serial killers" phase when I was a teenager, so it probably wouldn't be a problem for most people.
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This is me too.
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First thing that I think of too.
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Glad I'm not the only one who went through a 'read everything I can about serial killers' phase! If it's something you want to read up on, crime library has some really great write ups.
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I have a love/hate relationship with reading about serial killers. I have a morbid fascination that is drawn to doing it, but then I always feel really depressed after I do.
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It didn't bother me when I was a kid, probably because at that point I didn't *really* think about death. Now, it's deeply disturbing to me.
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Yeah, I feel the same way. I'm fascinated but I always feel icky afterwards.
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Ditto
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Never heard of this Lucas character.
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