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Jonah

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RLOU88 · 03/02/2018 10:38

DS1 due in May. The hospital had originally told us we were expecting a daughter so after settling on the name Sophie, we now have to come up with a boys name! Me and OH don’t agree on many names. Just wondering what people think of, Jonah ?

So stuck- any help would be appreciated!

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LemonMuffin837 · 03/02/2018 15:04

I love the name Jonah, good choice OP. I'm currently carrying a boy, I found it really hard to pick a name. Had a list as long as my arm for girls names!

mum2be2boys · 03/02/2018 14:50

Jonah is a great name! I also like pp suggestion of Joel :-)

CandyYumYum · 03/02/2018 14:44

My grandad was a fisherman so I have some hereditary superstition around the name Jonah! Grin

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RLOU88 · 03/02/2018 14:44

Thank you everyone!

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RosieCotton · 03/02/2018 14:41

I love Johan. Its a beautiful name. There aren't many around and it's wonderfully simple, he won't spend his life spelling it out for people and it's a good strong name.

pieceofpurplesky · 03/02/2018 14:38

I loved Jonah but he is a Zach

llangennith · 03/02/2018 14:37

A friend has just had a baby and called him Jonah. They’re going to shorten it to Joe.

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RLOU88 · 03/02/2018 14:30

Thank you! it’s one of the names we agree on so helpful to get some nice feedback :)

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deptfordgirl · 03/02/2018 14:13

I love Jonah. It fits my criteria of a real name which is quite unusual. Lots of potential nns as well.

DramaAlpaca · 03/02/2018 13:36

I quite like Jonah, and most of the names on Butterfly's list.

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RLOU88 · 03/02/2018 13:12

Hi Chocolate! Thanks for your reply.

Milo- cousins son’s name
Benjamin- brother's name
Oscar - my dogs name 😂

Freddie is very cute tho !

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ChocolateCrunch · 03/02/2018 11:50

How about
Milo
Benjamin
Oscar
Freddie

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RLOU88 · 03/02/2018 10:46

Thank you, Butterfly!

It’s like I wrote your list of boy’s names! Jospeh was a firm favourite (OH didn’t like it surprise) and Zachary is Georgeous! I also really like Samuel but again it’s a no go :(

I might ask about Joel now I have seen it on your list, thank you x

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ButterflyOfFreedom · 03/02/2018 10:41

I like Jonah, almost made our shortlist but DH wasn't as keen as me. Sophie was on our girls shortlist so I'm thinking we may have similar tastes in names ... Smile

Our boys shortlist included:
Joel
Zachary
Leon
Nathan / Nathaniel
Ciaran
Marcus
Daniel
Joseph
Harrison
Justin
Jacob
Jared

I also like Amos and Cornelius but DH vetoed them straight away!!

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