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Juniper or Josephine?

64 replies

isthatatree · 14/01/2021 09:52

Juniper is my preference, Josephine is DH's

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Firebird83 · 14/01/2021 21:13

Definitely Josephine. Don’t like the nip/nipper sound in Juniper.

helloyoumums · 14/01/2021 20:51

Definitely Josephine. Much prettier, and a classic name . Much prettier nicknames too- jo, Josie, effie, sephy

NoMoreFlowers · 14/01/2021 20:48

I think Juniper is really really dreadful. Possibly suitable for a pet

sqirrelfriends · 14/01/2021 20:47

Juniper is just lovely.

Bluesername · 14/01/2021 20:44

Josephine. Juniper is OK but the 'nipper' sound puts me off.

DramaAlpaca · 14/01/2021 20:38

Another vote for Josephine.

MrsFluffyMuff · 14/01/2021 20:23

Josephine!

PattyPan · 14/01/2021 20:22

I love both of them but Josephine probably slightly more - agree it is more classic and has better nn opportunities.

CeibaTree · 14/01/2021 20:17

Juniper is much nicer than Josephine. Josephine would just be shortened to Jo, one of the most boring 80s names out there! Juno is a great nickname for Juniper.

PrivateParty · 14/01/2021 20:00

Josephine. Didn't know juniper was a name..

MaryLisbon · 14/01/2021 19:35

I like both. Love Juniper/Juni/Juno.
Josephine is great. I like the "phine" sound. I also like Delphine

rc22 · 14/01/2021 19:31

I love Josephine. It's a beautiful name.

Brighterthansunflowers · 14/01/2021 19:14

Josephine

iloveyoubutilovememore · 14/01/2021 15:15

Love Josephine. Sounds lovely and as others have mentioned, Jo/Josie for short is just as nice. Juniper is also a nice name but it's a bit more try hard in my opinion and I'm not a big fan of Juni.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 14/01/2021 15:00

Josephine is beautiful - very classic but underused with so many nn choices for her to chose if she wants (I like Effie or Sephie myself but there's Jo, Joey, Josie, Posy, Gigi...)

Juniper is pretty but quite hippy sounding - I think a child would need to be fairly confident to pull off an unusual name like Juniper (and although the Juno nn is nice, Juniper doesn't have many nn choices) .

RuthW · 14/01/2021 12:25

Josephine is lovely

DrBuckulees · 14/01/2021 11:59

Josephine, definitely. I don't like the 'nip' in Juniper, and wouldn't like Nippy or Nipple to evolve as a nickname.

Jellington · 14/01/2021 11:58

Oooh I like Juniper. Wouldn't have thought of it. I guess it might get shortened to June so as long as you're ok with that, I'd say go for it!

Justcallmemamma · 14/01/2021 11:58

Josephine, beautiful name. It's my mothers name. If I had another girl I would use it. As others say I don't dislike Juniper I just don't like any of the nn

missmouse101 · 14/01/2021 11:55

I like Juniper a lot, although the 'nipper' sound in it is slightly off-putting. Josephine is very dated and I'm not keen.

DotDotDotDotDot · 14/01/2021 11:01

I really like Juniper, it feels like such a young, fresh feeling nature name. I like the shortenings of Juno or Juni too. Maybe combine it with a more traditional middle name to balance it, not Josephine though as that would be a bit of a mouthful.

SmeleanorSmellstrop · 14/01/2021 11:01

Oohh and Posy 😍

SmeleanorSmellstrop · 14/01/2021 11:00

Love both but Juniper might date as suddenly goy very trendy, whereas Josephine is more classic.

Love nicknames:
June, Juno, Junie for Juniper, and
Josie and Sephie for Josephine

ghostvillage · 14/01/2021 10:38

I don't like Josephine at all so Juniper.

missmillimentscardigan · 14/01/2021 10:35

I like them both, but I prefer Josephine, as I have a 2 year old Josephine! She calls herself Jos, but she's mostly known as Josephine. We called her Posy when she was a baby but we switched back to Josephine as we wanted her to know what her name really was! It's a great name that I think works for all ages, but I am a little biased.

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