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Johnny?

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CurlyKiwiControl · 18/02/2014 12:30

Any opinions welcome :)

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PatrickStarisabadbellend · 21/02/2014 00:04

My Ds is Johnny. I named him after my grandad.

Davidhasselhoffstoecheese · 21/02/2014 00:02

Jonty

HoneyandRum · 20/02/2014 20:46

Our Gabriel was "Gabey the Baby" for years, hard to give it up when they are the youngest! He's mostly Gabe now by Gabey still slips in from all the family.....

louloutheshamed · 20/02/2014 20:26

I have a 5mo John, known for the minute as Baby John.

I would quite like to call him Johnny, but my 3 yo ds gets v cross with me when I do and says "Mummy, his name is Baby John" Grin

HoneyandRum · 20/02/2014 20:23

Jonathan might be ridiculous but it is also biblical and one of the oldest names around

muttonjeffmum · 20/02/2014 18:03

I think it's great. Johnny Cash was never actually called Johnny by his parents - he was known as JR. He only used his full name when he got a recording contract. It's cool and like others have said, undateable. My teenagers don't call condoms johnnies by the way. I think that is definitely a generational thing and dying out now.

TitsalinaBumSquash · 20/02/2014 17:56

We have a Johnathan (unconventional spelling I know!) he gets called Johnny by one side of the family and John John by the other. Grin

I think it's an awesome name.

mathanxiety · 20/02/2014 17:51

I also know middle aged English Jonathans and also a few American ones who are a little younger. It's very 70s/80s.

Johnny, otoh, is great, and a classic -- but a pet name, never one for the BC. I would use John as the BC name.

MoominMammasHandbag · 20/02/2014 17:13

Johnny is a great name. I think the condom thing is passing out of use nowadays anyway.

thegreatgatsby101 · 20/02/2014 16:56

Jonathan Yes. John Yes.

Johnny No.

JodieGarberJacob · 20/02/2014 16:52

Not forgetting little Dickie, Curly.

MrsBungle · 20/02/2014 16:47

I know quite a few Johnny's. It's alright. I don't immediately think condom.

Nataleejah · 20/02/2014 16:42

I prefer John or Jon

MauriceMinor · 20/02/2014 14:12

Some infantile posters on this thread I see. Showing their age too...back to the wireless ladies.

TheGreatCatsby · 20/02/2014 12:05

My post makes limited sense.... This is normal for me! Wink

TheGreatCatsby · 20/02/2014 12:04

Love. It is our choice for our DC4, ds2 due, well, now actually!!! We are going with Jonathan but Jonny for short.... It's string yet sensitive, not at all retro twee and undateable as in cant be pigeonholed to any particular time... And others not forget that other fine johnny, johnny castle!!

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CurlyKiwiControl · 19/02/2014 20:23

Totally fabulous!

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squoosh · 19/02/2014 19:55

Wouldn't it be great if Lady Garden from the House of Lords had children with those names?

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CurlyKiwiControl · 19/02/2014 19:50

Oh yeah, and if I had a another girl as well I could call her fanny and have a Johnny, a Willie and a Fanny Hmm

I would be remembered for my sparkling wit Grin

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BlueDesmarais · 19/02/2014 18:46

It's a bit boring. Saying you like Johnny is like saying you like bread.

Also, give him a full name. He won't be a baby forever. I was given a nickname instead of a real name and I utterly hate it.

MrsBennetsEldest · 19/02/2014 16:26

Condom

If you have another boy in the future you could have Johnny and Willie.

squoosh · 19/02/2014 16:18

Fair enough, it's all about who you know. I know Johns of all ages, elderly men and brand new babies. The only Jonathans I've ever met are middle aged and English.

Bowlersarm · 19/02/2014 16:12

I would say both Mark and John are more dated than Jonathan. I know quite a few boys called jonathan, but no Marks or Johns, so it isnt a dated name to me.

squoosh · 19/02/2014 16:07

Mark is biblical and that shouts 1980's to me too.

Bowlersarm · 19/02/2014 16:05

Jonathan isn't a new name, though. It's biblical.

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