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Jackson baby name help!

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oliviaxoxo · 08/10/2017 22:52

So I'm expecting my second baby boy our first is called Noah and we wanna name our second Jackson only trouble is my bestfriends little boy is called Jack there's not really any other names I like and I've loved Jackson for the longest time long before her little one was born and I don't intend on Jackson having Jack as a nickname he'd be Jackson or JJ (his middle name will be James) can I do this? sounds so silly asking but I know how personal some people get over baby names

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C0untDucku1a · 08/10/2017 22:54

Of course its fine

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Sophronia · 08/10/2017 22:55

I think it’s fine

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FindTheLightSwitchDarren · 09/10/2017 11:20

Totally fine! Jacks are everywhere ime. It would be hard not to know someone with a little Jack tbh.

Jackson is nice. That's also the nicest spelling by far.

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StevieNicksRhiannon · 09/10/2017 11:31

Jackson James combines really nicely, OP.

And "JJ" as a nickname's also cool: I know a couple of "AJ"s and a "PJ", who are all great boys, so admittedly may be a bit biased).

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StevieNicksRhiannon · 09/10/2017 11:34

^ Plus I'm sure your best friend would've known about your liking of Jackson for a son's name, if it's always been the case, so must've known the risk?

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Annabelle4 · 09/10/2017 11:37

I know a toddler called Jaxon

I think that's fine.
It would probably be different if it was close family, but even then it's a different name

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gunsandbanjos · 09/10/2017 21:50

Please, please use the Jackson spelling though!

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MikeUniformMike · 09/10/2017 21:54

Jack and James have the same meaning.

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nooka · 10/10/2017 05:19

Jack is a diminutive of John and James is a form of Jacob. They are both Hebrew in origin but not the same name (Jacob means the supplanter where John means god is gracious). Not sure if the meanings are important to the OP anyway - Jackson means son of Jack and she's not mentioned the name of her partner, but I don't suppose he is a Jack.

To answer the OP's question I think if you are planning to call your son JJ then it's not an issue at all.

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Coey2016 · 10/10/2017 10:45

I think that's totally fine

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MikeUniformMike · 10/10/2017 22:52

Jack can be a diminutive of John but it is the anglicised form of Jacques, which is James.
Jacqueline is the feminine form of James.