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Jolyon

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SJFarter · 04/02/2022 15:46

Any thoughts on this name for a boy?

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WinterOfOurDiscoTent · 03/03/2022 12:31

It's a lovely name imo but I really like a lot of names that people scorn for being "posh".

Suzi9989 · 03/03/2022 09:28

Just Joe or Leon

ChaToilLeam · 03/03/2022 09:26

No, please don’t. Joel, Leon or Julian are all nice times without fox killer or posho associations.

ShowOfHands · 03/03/2022 09:23

I went to school with a Jolyon. Bog standard local comp and he wasn't posh at all. I just know it as a name. I'm fortunate not to associate it with anything other than my mate Jo so to me it's a nice name with a pleasing sound.

BertieBotts · 03/03/2022 08:38

It's unbearably posh, sorry. As in, not in a good way.

Zillamop · 03/03/2022 08:30

I don't like Jolyon, but how about Julian?

LittleWhingingWoman · 03/03/2022 08:23

Please don't do this to your child.
There's a Jolyon in a distant friend group of dd.
His friends call him Julie.

yikesanotherbooboo · 03/03/2022 07:47

I'm quite squeamish about names picked because they are unusual but although I wouldn't choose Jolyon myself because I totally empathise with @Mins001 there are many worse names on these boards. The Forsyth Saga connection is positive and the 1920s styling is current.

Grumpyoldpersonwithcats · 03/03/2022 06:12

Immediately made me think of the Tintin character Jolyon Wagg. (Never known a real Jolyon)

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singlepringlenotbychoice · 03/03/2022 05:17

I know a Jolyon they go by Joe..... I only recently found out their full name, I'd previously assumed it was Joseph or just Joe.

They hate their name. He's originally from the NE, he definitely pronounced it jolly-on and he goes fucking mental of you call him his full name because he hates it.

There's nicer names out there

Giggorata · 03/03/2022 04:34

I knew a female Jolyon, pronounced JO-lee-on. She was vair posh.

schoolsoutforever · 02/03/2022 23:03

I like unusual names but I’m not massively keen on this one. I think it’s because, as other have said, it only seems to have a place in the upper echelons and seems to be (perhaps unfairly) a marker for poshness. Sorry!

BlueFlavour · 02/03/2022 22:31

But he gets the nickname Jolly Smile
Worth it I think

LittleGwyneth · 02/03/2022 21:47

I quite like it, I think perfectly useable if you're living in naice London / a comparable town.

DogsAndGin · 02/03/2022 19:31

Nope

DogsandBoysmeanMud · 23/02/2022 23:08

@tillytoodles1

Its ok if you're terribly posh and he'll go to Eton or Harrow.
GrinHysterical!! My sons at Harrow and had a friend called Jolyon!!
babyjellyfish · 09/02/2022 11:14

It's pronounced Joe-lee-on, not Jolly-on.

It's a little out there but I've met a couple.

Makes me think of the Forsyte Saga (good) and Jolyon Maugham (knob).

One of the Jolyons in the Forsyte Saga went by "Jon".

Teenylittlefella · 08/02/2022 23:35

I used to know a Jolyon in our East Anglian village back in the 70s. He was JOLL-eean.
Apparently he was pronouncing his own name wrong. We all called him Jolly.

Redsquirrel5 · 08/02/2022 23:27

My friend’s brother has this name different spelling. We live in the north. Don’t think he ever had any problem being called it. I like it but then he was a pleasant lad and my older boys thought he was great. You don’t hear it very often.

Firebird83 · 08/02/2022 23:12

I always thought it was pronounced JOE-lee-un.

Anotherhill · 07/02/2022 07:30

I’ve known a few. All very normal people, all state school educated. One was in my primary school, and so it’s always just been another name. Nicknamed Joly.

NativityDreaming · 07/02/2022 07:30

It is a horrible name.

SallyWD · 07/02/2022 07:23

I know one little Jolyon. The family are quite wealthy and posh. I like the name.

TottersBlankly · 07/02/2022 06:57

Googling ‘How to pronounce Jolyon’ brings up a whole world of fun. Grin

I say ‘ Joll yn ‘ - always with a sort of upward lilt, which is what makes it such a cheerful name.

fablett · 06/02/2022 23:53

Please don't because of the horrible QC