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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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IsadoraQuagmire · 21/04/2015 15:49

I learnt this poem when I was little…Grin

What lovely names for girls there are!
There's Stella like the Evening Star,
And Sylvia like a rustling tree,
And Lola like a melody,
And Flora like a flowery morn,
And Sheila like a field of corn,
And Melusina like the moan
Of water. And there's Joan, like Joan.

(I still like the name Joan though!)

diddl · 21/04/2015 15:45

Not my taste either.

It was Joanie in Happy Days, wasn't it?

Prefer Joanne or Joanna.

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Unthoughtknown · 21/04/2015 15:38

Hmm was Joan the one who got sent away from Mallory towers in disgrace?

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AndWhenYouGetThere · 21/04/2015 15:18

I know two baby Joan's (one known as Joanie) I think it's coming back!

squoosh · 21/04/2015 15:07

And there was Joan Baker in the Chalet School. She was portrayed as a brazen strumpet because she once flirted with a boy, and nice gels did not flirt. In Chalet School land nice gels married their childhood GP.

PennilynLott · 21/04/2015 14:59

Like it but prefer Jean. Joan is an Enid blyton character who's always sad :(

timelyreminder · 21/04/2015 14:56

I like it.

HouseAtreides · 21/04/2015 14:26

I prefer Jean. :)

squoosh · 21/04/2015 14:25

Reminds me of Shakespeare but not in a good way.

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

There's always glamorous Joan from Mad Men I suppose but my first association is 'greasy'.

piechuck · 21/04/2015 14:16

Lovely name - start the revival!

BunnyLebowski · 21/04/2015 14:08

I'm a big fan of retro names but can't warm to Joan.

Joanie is cute and very Americana though Smile .

SunnyBaudelaire · 21/04/2015 14:08

I like it, due a revival surely, along with Jean.