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Joey (girl)?

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bn02 · 24/10/2019 13:02

What do you think? Is it too male dominated?

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supercatlady · 26/10/2019 07:47

My step sister is Joelle, we call her Joey

NationMcKinley · 26/10/2019 07:16

I like it and I know a lovely Joey in her early 30s. Buuuut as so many PP have said I think it’s better as a diminutive of a “fuller” name. It gives more choice as they grow up. My friend is Joanna (which is also nice I think)

Astronica · 26/10/2019 07:05

I quite like it but would prefer it as a nickname.

VenusClapTrap · 25/10/2019 11:25

Fine as a nickname. Not fine as a stand-alone name.

CravingCheese · 25/10/2019 10:01

No. Not as a full, standalone name. It's too cutesy imo...

How about Jo?

fruitypancake · 25/10/2019 05:12

Prefer Josie

AlliKaneErikson · 25/10/2019 05:04

I’ve taught a Joanna, who was always known as Joey and I really like it (another Dawson’s Creek fan here!).

Expressedways · 25/10/2019 04:38

Yawn. I know so many baby/toddler Joeys who are all girls. All are short for something though like Josephine or Joanne. This is in the US though so I think it’s less common in the U.K. You could certainly do a lot worse though.

Jossina · 25/10/2019 04:14

Only as a nickname for a proper name.

BackforGood · 24/10/2019 21:39

I have a friend with a dd who went by 'Joey' for a few years. It suited her as a younger child but now she is a young adult she doesn't like it anymore. Fortunately her parents gave her a longer version, so she has options.

As well as Josephine, and Jolene, there is Joanne, and Joanna. Would none of them work ?

FriedasCarLoad · 24/10/2019 20:52

I’m afraid I really don’t like it as a first name - not only a nickname, but a boy’s nickname.

But so much better if a NN for Joanna, Joanne, Josephine, Joy, or even Jolene. Quite cute then, but your daughter has the option of using a more serious or feminine sounding name later on.

SlothRunner · 24/10/2019 20:46

I love it. Wouldnt mind being called Joey myself

june2007 · 24/10/2019 20:39

hink of Joey from friends. Or the guy called joey from American Cake programme. So it,s a no from me.

HairyToity · 24/10/2019 20:36

I like Josie and Joely. I don't like Joey as a standalone female name though.

RedRiverHog · 24/10/2019 20:34

I like Joelle. Haven't heard of it before.

I know a Josie who gets called Joey.

percheron67 · 24/10/2019 20:33

Dear God - that is a name often given to a budgie!! Not suitable for a child.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 24/10/2019 20:30

Oh Bridget. I’m broody for baby 🦘 now.
Off to Google and die of cuteness.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 24/10/2019 20:28

Awful for a boy girl or even a budgie. I quite like Jo/Joe

CaptainTurdseye · 24/10/2019 17:18

For us oldies it has a very negative connotation (thanks Blue Peter🙁)

Slappadabass · 24/10/2019 16:50

I love it, cute for a little one but works for a adult too.

BethanyGilbert · 24/10/2019 16:42

I love it.

bridgetreilly · 24/10/2019 15:40

I wouldn't use it as a full name. It's a baby kangaroo.

Dljlr · 24/10/2019 15:38

I get called Joey as a diminutive of my name and hate it with a passion

MikeUniformMike · 24/10/2019 13:59

Could be short for Joelle, Joanne, Joely, Josephine, Jocasta etc.
It's a bit too nicknamey and she will be assumed to be a boy.
OK as a nn.

ZuzuMyLittleGingersnap · 24/10/2019 13:29

Takes me right back to Dawson's Creek!

(though I think Katie Holmes's Joey was a Josephine, IIRC).

I like Joey as a standalone for a girl. Sort of quirky.
Or Joely as a full, with Joey as a nn?

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