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Juniper

36 replies

Jessabean · 24/07/2020 21:27

Wanting honest opinions on this name or whether my growing interest and consideration of this name for a potential girls name is the pregnancy hormones gone wild.
Appreciate it's not a very common name (UK based) and may be a bit out there for some but I really like the way it sounds and love the possible nicknames that come with it.

Any other pretty J girl name suggestions also welcome! Without intending we've set up a trend of J names in our family and am now feeling that it would be nice to continue the trend for this one so they're not the odd one out. Don't know if is a boy or a girl. Have loads of possible J names for boys but have used up the only other J name I really liked on my daughter already. I like June/Juno but prefer to have as nicknames and have something longer as full name.

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imabusybee · 28/07/2020 22:27

Love it

WaltzingBetty · 28/07/2020 22:24

Love it

justgoingforanap · 28/07/2020 21:54

But I do also like Juniper.

justgoingforanap · 28/07/2020 21:53

Jude (Judith) for a boy or a girl

formerbabe · 28/07/2020 21:49

A bit try hard/trendoid for my taste

GoldenPlover · 28/07/2020 21:46

Sorry that was an autocorrect above, I meant to suggest Jessa not Jesse!

GoldenPlover · 28/07/2020 21:46

I like Juniper!

How about

Jesse
Juliet
Jasmine

PoodleMoth · 28/07/2020 21:35

I love Juniper!

Natt99 · 27/07/2020 07:50

I like it but I work in IT and it's the name of a firewall that we talk about a lot so I couldn't choose it due to that. You should go for it if you like it though, Juni is a sweet nn

ButterflyOfFreedom · 26/07/2020 23:52

Not keen on Juniper.

Juliet
Jasmine
Justine
Joni
Joleen
Jasmina

Ellmau · 25/07/2020 20:09

Juno
Junia
Juliana/Julianne
Juliet/Juliettte/Julietta
Julia
Jael
Jacquetta
Jacobina

DoTheMaccaroni · 25/07/2020 19:14

I absolutely love it and think it’s growing in ‘popularity’ without yet being popular or overused. I don’t think it’ll ever be a top 20-50 name but I think it’ll become less unusual (in a good way!) not that I don’t love unusual names. My daughter was 1 or 4 born with her name a few years ago!

yellowfrontdoor · 25/07/2020 13:03

I have a Juniper, sometimes shortened to Juno. The only person to raise an eyebrow was my Granny 😂

I say go for it!

zincchannel · 25/07/2020 12:41

Jasmine
Jessica
Jaya
Jemma
Jade
Juliet

Tardigrade001 · 25/07/2020 08:32

I like it! Also Juno and Junia.

Intastellaburst · 25/07/2020 08:14

Jasmine or Jennifer are nice.

daisypond · 25/07/2020 06:34

I like Juniper. It gets mentioned on here quite a bit. I know a teen Julianne who shortens her name to Julie by preference. June and Juno are good.
Jennifer is good too. Very fresh these days.

octoberfarm · 25/07/2020 03:54

*Juniper, sorry!

octoberfarm · 25/07/2020 03:53

Love Junioer with the nickname Juno. Beautiful name - different but not too out there. Congratulations on the new little one!

londonscalling · 25/07/2020 03:39

Jules or jemima

Jessabean · 24/07/2020 22:36

@MothershipG 😂 I know funny enough I do like the name Jules as a nn and With Juliana as a possibility but just don't think I like it quite as much as Juniper and the more Jun- type nn. Don't know why Julie seems dated when so similar really 🤷‍♀️

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Jessabean · 24/07/2020 22:32

Thanks for the replies! It is one that seems to divide with the 'niper' part. For me personally that bit doesn't bother me for some reason though understand how that might put people off.
Good to hear it doesn't sound an absolutely outlandish choice though.

Josephine or anything that would have me Jo type nn is out as is my DD name unfortunately- do love a lot of those names eg Jocasta, Jocelyn bit just too close I feel. Do love Genevieve but wanting to keep with the J theme and not a fan of strange name spellings!

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Isawabluebird · 24/07/2020 22:22

Lovely name op, rarely used or heard.

ChocolateCoffeeCake · 24/07/2020 22:22

Have you seen Workin Moms? Great tv show, hilarious. There's a Juniper on that but she's about 17.

MothershipG · 24/07/2020 22:20

What's wrong with Julie? Why are there no baby Julies? Asking for a friend 😊🤣🤣

I really like Juniper, great choice.

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