John or Samuel ?

[icantgetnosleep5]

Opinions / suggestions all welcome ,
Thanks :)

[Sophronia]

John

[toffeeboffin]

Samuel.

[icantgetnosleep5]

Ooh a tie !

[jenniuol]

Samuel.

[BikeRunSki]

Samuel

Or John


All the Johns I know are about 50, time for a revival.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Samuel

[BarInSpace]

John, classic but more unusual at the moment.

[SausageSoda]

John. I met a baby John recently and it was a nice surprise as the name is rarely used any more.

I think there was a thread recently asking the exact same thing - John vs Samuel

[pilates]

Samuel

[icantgetnosleep5]

SausageSoda - thank you , I will have a look for that thread! 😊

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

John is fabulous.

[AmyInTheBoonies]

John - more unusual nowadays and although I would've said it was boring twenty years ago now it's quite fresh but still a classic.

[Wafflenose]

Both are lovely! (how helpful...)

I would have used John for a boy if it had gone with our surname, but it doesn't. I had girls though!

[Maims100]

Samuel, but you can't go wrong with either

[rainbow99]

Samuel

[bluechameleon]

We seriously considered Samuel for DS but I couldn't decide how to pronounce it - Sam-you-ell? Sam-yoll?
So I'd go with John because I know how to say it.

[WhiteHairReally]

John

[insancerre]

Samuel
But then I have one of my own

[Jenijena]

Both lovely.

//inserts wildcard of Jonathan

[Cucumber5]

Both are great. Johnny is a great nickname. Sam too

[thenightmanageress]

Samuel
It's a great classic name I may be biased as mine is sitting next to me
But I do think John is a good strong name too

[oleoleoleole]

Depends how much you like Sam. I don't, only because it's a unisex name!

[stonygreysoil]

both great names. If you have a longer surname, then John works better and vice versa.

[LovelyBranches]

DS has the middle name John, as does DH and my d father (although df used it as his given name). I love it but I think Samuel John is a lovely name too.

[JunebabyT]

Samuel (also on my list) but John is very nice as well