# Larry?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry/6930>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 4, 2000, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry/6930 "2000-02-04T01:56:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![TheUnforgiven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TheUnforgiven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheUnforgiven)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry/6930/21 "2000-02-07T07:22:00Z")

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No, no. _Hank_ is short for Henry.

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**Author:** ![HAIRY41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e8c25b/32.png) [@HAIRY41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HAIRY41)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry/6930/22 "2000-02-07T08:32:00Z")

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according to my birth certificate Harry stands for Harry

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**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry/6930/23 "2000-02-07T10:23:00Z")

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> Originally posted by jti:  
> \*\*I thought Harry was short for Henry.
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It doesn’t look any shorter.

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**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2000, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry/6930/24 "2000-02-07T16:09:00Z")

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There is some connection between Harry and Henry (what it is, I don’t know). I’m pretty certain that Diana and Charles’ second son, Prince Harry as he is known to the public, is actually named Henry.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry/6930/25 "2000-02-08T23:12:00Z")

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Here’s a thread on name abbreviations.  
[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/004335.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/004335.html)

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