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Jack Daniel

65 replies

LyraLupin · 16/01/2017 23:40

Can we do this? Or is it like calling your child Chardonnay? I don't even like the drink! But want middle name to be Daniel for family reasons.

Any other suggestions greatly recieved! Boys names are difficult!

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lovelearning · 18/01/2017 16:55

Jonathan Daniel, known as Jack.

IWantATardis · 18/01/2017 16:50

Jack is very popular. He won't be the only one in his class.......

Not necessarily.
There's not one single Jack in DS1's whole infant school, according to the school charity teatowel that we got at Christmas.

albertcampionscat · 18/01/2017 15:30

No. Please don't.
Charlie Daniel
Sam Daniel
Max Daniel

Loads of good options.

HarrietVane99 · 18/01/2017 13:49

You could use Jackson Daniel instead ??

Then the Stargate fanfic will be the first hit on Google.

Chocolatecake12 · 18/01/2017 13:44

Jack is very popular. He won't be the only one in his class.......
Try and find another first name if you are adamant on having Daniel as a middle name.
It obviously worries you enough to ask other opinions. When you find the right name you will know, and no matter what anyone else thinks you won't care.

BeyondTheStarryNight · 18/01/2017 13:40

How about Sham? Little baby Sham :)

MaryAll · 18/01/2017 13:38

As much as I love the name Jack, I wouldn't use it like this.

Mrs5boys · 18/01/2017 10:17

You could use Jackson Daniel instead ??

YippieKayakOtherBuckets · 17/01/2017 20:30

I agree that he'll rarely use the first name and middle name together (although I know a boy with the same initials who is known as JD).

BUT he'll have a lifetime of wry smiles and giggles every time someone looks at his passport / HR record, and if his full name is used at his wedding...

SquedgieBeckenheim · 17/01/2017 14:02

I'd do it if I loved those names. It's not like chardonnay where it's not a bona fide name in its own right. People also don't often get called by just their first and middle name. If your surname was Daniels, I wouldn't advocate using Jack as a first name though!

squoosh · 17/01/2017 13:53

Gabriel Byrne has a son called Jack Daniel #uselesstrivia

I think it's fine!

FourKidsNotCrazyYet · 17/01/2017 13:36

Siani we have a brother and sister near us called Bailey (g) and Guinness (b) Confused

minipie · 17/01/2017 13:26

I don't see the issue. Nobody ever gets called "firstname middlename". It's usually "firstname" or "firstname surname" or on forms it's all 3 names.

So he will only ever be Jack, or Jack [Smith], or Jack Daniel [Smith] on forms. None of those is the same as Jack Daniels.

Now if your surname was Daniels I definitely would avoid Jack...

MarmiteDoesYouGood · 17/01/2017 11:03

It's a middle name. Hardly anybody even knows other people's middle names, so I don't see a problem. If anything it' a fun ice-breaker to tell people! I'd like it!

IWantATardis · 17/01/2017 11:02

It does sound like a bit of a comedy name.

ArcheryAnnie makes a good point about other connotations, but even so, I'd reconsider.

sianihedgehog · 17/01/2017 11:02

Oh god no. Only if he has a brother called Carling.

ArcheryAnnie · 17/01/2017 10:59

I love both names.

I think the Other Connotations are a good thing. I am very keen on my DS not being online-searchable, and if any future employer googles Jack Daniel you will get pages and pages of alcohol-related links, and when they run out a million webpages in, you will get Stargate fanfic links.

There is no name that exists which doesn't have other connotations. If you like it, go for it.

LTBforGin · 17/01/2017 10:53

Daniel James

FourKidsNotCrazyYet · 17/01/2017 10:49

Jack Daniels = Alcoholic parents
Jack and Danny = Fanny.
Nope!

Cloeycat · 17/01/2017 10:37

I know a Jack Daniel- he loves it. Don't see anything wrong with it tbh

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 17/01/2017 10:34

I would definitely use it, it's a middle name, as he matures, his friends will love his cool name ! 😄
Loved the story Jackelope, thank you for sharing.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 17/01/2017 09:54

I wouldn't do it.

What about putting another name between, so two middle names.

Rosie5060 · 17/01/2017 09:51

I agree with Lweji - unless you ask someone or see their ID most middle names go unknown! My youngest brother didn't even know what his middle name was until I told him.

Lweji · 17/01/2017 07:53

Quite frankly, hardly anyone uses both names together. Just the middle initial.
And some jokes or gentle ribbing for Jack Daniels is hardly a big problem.
But maybe you could call him John Daniel, and use the nickname Jack instead. Jack was not originally a name, although it is common now.

Soozikinzi · 17/01/2017 07:49

I think that's great it will be a talking point with his mates when he's a teenager I bet he will think it's cool xx