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Joan

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MoveYourArmsLikeHenry · 16/01/2014 18:32

I really like the name Joan. I think it's pretty and it's very underused ime.

Anyone else like this lovely name or am I on my own with Joan ;) ?

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ginzillas · 19/01/2014 08:45

My granny's name and I would consider it as a middle name for future Dd if only my gran didn't hate it so much! Love Jane too.

ohmymimi · 18/01/2014 17:46

Joan is my favourite cousin, she's not a caaaah or frumpy or ugly - at pushing 80 she's fun and sparky.

MissCalamity · 18/01/2014 17:41

My DM is also Joan & she hates it!

thegreylady · 18/01/2014 15:14

Lovely name reminds me of Joan Baez and Joan from the Abbey girls books. I'd have loved a Joan but went for Joanna in the end.

DramaAlpaca · 17/01/2014 22:49

No! Seriously ugly name. Jean is almost as bad.

Atlanta8 · 17/01/2014 22:46

My late nans name.
Considered using jones as a middle name for a boy.

Frikadellen · 17/01/2014 22:45

I dont like it.. Its my sisters name and I have always felt it was harsh and unpleasant to say in English

MoominsYonisAreScary · 17/01/2014 22:42

No, its my middle name and my mums and my nanas and my great grans although she went by it.

None of us like it, but it became a tradition

DuchessofKirkcaldy · 17/01/2014 22:33

My Grandmother's name. On my shortlist or a definate middle name.

florascotia · 17/01/2014 20:29

Just in case: there is also Joanne and Joanna in most of the UK, and Johan in Scotland.

Dixy30 · 17/01/2014 17:45

Fab name Grin

Pobblewhohasnotoes · 17/01/2014 15:07

No, it's not pretty, if I'm honest. I'm not a fan of granny chic, sorry.

Joni is much much nicer though.

OpalQuartz · 17/01/2014 12:31

Joan is in the red dress (Mad Men)

squoosh · 17/01/2014 12:25

Mad Men has given it a teensy bit of glamour but I'm afraid the name always reminds me of that line from Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost..

'Tu-whit, tu-who: a merry note,
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.'

I think 'greasy Joan' may mean prostitute but I might be wrong there!

princessdave · 17/01/2014 11:01

I love it. My nanny was Joan. I'd love to use it as a middle name for another girl but I might go with Joy as I'm not sure I'd get Joan past my DH!

WhiteHairReally · 17/01/2014 08:27

Love Mad Men but prefer Jean to Joan.

Frontdoorstep · 17/01/2014 07:59

I'm not sure what Mad Men is. Joan is underused, it's nice.

PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 17/01/2014 07:33

Not so keen. But it's not horrific! Good steady name.

OpalQuartz · 17/01/2014 00:10

Mad Men has made me like Betty too!

OpalQuartz · 17/01/2014 00:10

Love it and Joanie is cool. Another Mad Men fan here Grin

HoneyandRum · 16/01/2014 22:49

Oh the other well known Joanie is from "Happy Days", Joanie Cunningham.

HoneyandRum · 16/01/2014 22:47

Isn't Catherine Tate's Nan called Joanie? I remember her sister came to visit and was called Junie!

Still like Joan though.

Worraliberty!

KatherinaMinola · 16/01/2014 21:14

I know a baby Doris!

I like the name Joan. Couldn't use it though, as I knew one that was a bit of a caaah.

MissPryde · 16/01/2014 21:10

I love Joan!

And I've known lovely people named Joanie. The name makes me happy. It's classic but not utterly obscure.

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