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Joan

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Unthoughtknown · 21/04/2015 14:07

What are your thoughts on Joan as a name? I wasn't keen at first but dp is a fan and it is the name of my favourite singer (her of Woodstock/Bob dylan fame). It is growing on me!

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 23/04/2015 12:13

Not for me. I love All the old fashioned names, and some of them are still pretty sweet names for a child of today such as Freda Nancy Elsie Josie, Aggie Maggie, Betsy Kitty to nsme just a few but Joan it's not even cute or pretty.
Mind you not all parents are looking for cute sweet names

leccybill · 23/04/2015 10:10

I think Jane/Jayne is due a comeback.
If you were born late 70s/early 80s, your middle name is almost certainly Jane, Louise or Marie.

leccybill · 23/04/2015 10:10

I think Jane/Jayne is due a comeback.
If you were born late 70s/early 80s, your middle name is almost certainly Jane, Louise or Marie.

Marcipex · 23/04/2015 10:01

And Joan of Arc, ghastly pictures in our history books , gave me nightmares for years.

Jane much nicer.

NadiaWadia · 23/04/2015 04:47

Hmm... it's a name with history and everything, but very plain... I would prefer Jane, really.

Devora · 22/04/2015 18:08

I like Joan, and much more than Jean.

claracluck1978 · 22/04/2015 17:54

Love it & had I had a daughter it would certainly have been a middle name if not a first. But then my Grandma was a Joan too & she meant the world to me so I may have a bias!

SnotQueen · 22/04/2015 17:49

I've been saying for years that Joan and Jean are on the comeback.
Prove me right!

Elllimam · 22/04/2015 17:46

Also reminds me of greasy Joan, Joan baker and Enid blyton. No positive associations but actually quite a nice name when you say it.

Jennifersrabbit · 22/04/2015 16:49

Belongs to me as a middle name courtesy of my most wonderful grandma. It may be well out of fashion but Id rather like to see it revived :)

CPtart · 22/04/2015 16:43

Rather dreary.

DixieNormas · 22/04/2015 16:12

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larnieperty89 · 22/04/2015 16:11

Joan the moan Confused

Not a fan in afraid. Joanie has potential & Jean is super cute

Good luck finding the right name can be a killer but I don't ever think you really know the baby's name until they're born then usually you just know Grin

DramaAlpaca · 22/04/2015 16:08

I don't like it, sorry. I don't like Jean either.

Joni is OK, and Johanna is lovely.

mewkins · 22/04/2015 14:25

I like Joni and also Johanna (as in Visions of..)

princessdave · 22/04/2015 14:22

I like it - was my grandmothers name so a little biased!

Agree with a poster upthread, like Jane, Jean, June and Joy.

Had planned to use Joy as a middle name for DC2 as DH wouldn't entertain Joan. We had a boy so it didn't matter but I now have a long list of future cat's names! Grin

Stinkylinky · 21/04/2015 17:55

Love Joan. It's was my grandma (and favourite person in the worlds name!) if our baby was a girl, Joan would be on the name list. SIL has just had a little girl with the middle name Joan

squoosh · 21/04/2015 17:53
Grin

Have you passed the Joan baton on to a daughter Dixie?

DixieNormas · 21/04/2015 17:51

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TheRealMaryMillington · 21/04/2015 17:42

I like it
And Jean
(and June, and Joy, and, actually, Jane)

It's very simple but it has a nice sound

and I think of Joan Bakewell (who is cool as fuck and utterly beautiful) as well as Joni.

Bonsoir · 21/04/2015 17:40

It rhymes with moan.

sweetpeame · 21/04/2015 17:38

I don't like it at all. It's a very plain name (and not in a good way!). I would expect Joan to be 50+ and dowdy...

PennilynLott · 21/04/2015 16:59

Joan is Elizabeth's friend in the Naughtiest girl in the school. Eventually they find the reason she's sad is that her brother is ill or dead. #derail

meringue33 · 21/04/2015 16:22

I like it. Also Joni Smile

Guin1 · 21/04/2015 16:20

I like it (and prefer it to Jean).

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