It’s short for Angharad, but that’s a girls name…
How do you pronounce that?
Harcourt. As in Harcourt Fenton (“Harry”) Mudd. See? Not only a great name, but a great role model too.
(Yes, I am a sad ageing Star Trek geek. And I don’t care.)
It’s Welsh and therefore quite phonetic: ANG-har-ad.
[hijack]You want snooty names? I knew a guy named H. McCoy Van Devender III. We called him Mac. [/hijack]
Harry Ford. Harry Ford. Harry Ford.
I love the name Harry and if we hadn’t named our first son William, we’d definitely consider it for the next (not yet conceived) kid. I like Harrison and I think by the time anyone born now would be in school, Harrison Ford would have started to fade from memory.
My grandpa’s name was Harry. Not short for anything, just Harry.
He was pretty successful and carried his name well for 79 years.
In middle school, I knew a guy named Harry whose full name was Harbaugh.
“His real name is Hairladen, but we just call him Harry for short.”
My grandfather called himself Harry. His real name was Hugo. Probably best not to saddle the poor kid with that one.
What’s wrong with just plain Harry? It worked for Truman.
If you like Harry-use it.
A perfectly normal name.IMO.Not short for anything.Think Harry Truman.Maybe a little retro but I see more Emily’s,eg,popping up now than in the past about 20-30 years or so.
If the other kids use a nickname it could turn out to be Stinky,fat Harry,or other depends on the characteristics.The same could be said for Harrison or other more formal names.I knew a Fart (nickname) in high school,that to this day, do not know what his given name was.
When he’s an adult they’ll fade away (hopefully).Unlike Fart’s almost perpetual stench.
Well just plain Harry was good enough for David Letterman. Besides, I like it. 
I think plain Harry is fine, too. There’s always that one teacher who’ll insist on calling you Harold and it’ll irk you to no end. Plus, there’s no question of whether you go by something else.
Alternately,
Harris
Hari
Harlan
Harald
Haraldur (oo, icelandic)
harmon
harper
How about Hieronymus, as in Hieronymus Bosch, the artist? People would admire you for your literate choice of name! You child might seek to have you hanged, but it would still be worth it.
I had a Great-Great-Uncle Harry, just Harry, and that was a Problem.
See, his last name was Groethe, which in German was pronounced roughly GRUH-tuh. And this was all well and good, except that his parents had Anglicized the pronunciation.
To Growth.
I am not joking.
Wisely, after some dreadful years in grade school he changed the pronunciation to Grow-thee (with a hard th).
You want your “child” to be called “Harry” and I assume that the references to “him” in the rest of the OP are just default pronoun usage.
So I suggest:
“Henrietta”
(if the case arises)
Some of favorite old Norse names similar to “Harry”:
HARALD, HAROLD (c’mon, give it another try)
HERRICK, HERRYK*
HARDAR
HARDBEIN
HERJOLF
(But I can ensure you that “Herryk” will get transformed into “Harry K” by data entry operators.)
I second that! If I ever have a son, I think I’ll either give him a traditional Scandinavian name (speaking of which, Haraldur was also a good suggestion) or call him Hieronymus. I figure any son of mine is going to grow up warped anyway.
Just never come here to London - “Aris” is slang for your arse.
Name him
Hhhaaarrrrrryyy
Well, my boss is seemingly named just plain “Harry”, but I just found out his real name: “Heraclio”.
::snort::