Some people..

they're probably jealous cos they cant spell it.... lost count of the number of Johnathans and Micheals I've seen.

It's lovely!

DP is Jonathan, I think it's a good name, I often call him Johnny, his work colleagues call him John. It's a good strong manly name no matter how you shorten it, and it's not one of those new fangled crappy names that no-one knows how to pronounce or if it belongs to a boy or a girl, Oh and DS's middle name is Michael, as is DP's dads name.

jonathan is lovely and my husbands name. one of my NCT friends called her son jonathan, and shortens it to Joe (a northern thing I think).

I am considering Michael for my current bump if it turns out to be blue. haven't told anyone yet, including husband! good luck, whoever commented negatively was odd!!

People may feel they are oldfashioned becaue they were so common in the previous generation- people who are now in their forties and fifties. But hey! should be time for a revival! It's not like people are going to go on forever calling their children Kyle and Callum. These things go in cycles. I think we're due for a change.

This reminds me of when my best friends DS was born. A mutual friend called me and gushed about how lovely he was then said 'oh my god, but have you heard what she's called him'

He's named Isaac, fgs, fair enough if it was Snoop or Arsenal or something.....

They're nice names. But even if I thought they weren't, you shouldn't let it make any difference to you. He's your son and you get to choose his name not anyone else.
The names I chose for my Ds and Dd were both deeply out of fashion at the time and I had a lot of negative comments. Both names have slowly moved up the popularity scale and Dd's name was actually the No. 1 most popular name last year! So, you go with whatever names you like the best. It's only fickle fashion that makes a name unpoular for a while.
The only downside of an unpopular name is that you can't ever buy your DCs any of those trashy named items that you get in gift shops and that all children seem to want. Of course, now that my DCs are grown up, these things are plastered with their names! Maybe I'll buy Ds (28) a Winnie the Pooh keyring with his name on for his birthday, since he always wanted one!

If I were having a baby now my chosen names would be Eric, Frank, Maud and Ada. Just wait 20 years and you'll see!
Oh dear! I talk too much! Time for bed

It is a PERFECT name, It's the same name (and spelling) of my oldest son. It's perfect and beautiful, and when you enrol him in reception, the teacher won't look down the register and point to his name and say to her classroom assistant "Gawd, he's going to be a right sod!"

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I know exactly how you feel! We decided to call our son Joseph Ryan early on in my pregnancy and it was unbelievable how many people felt that they had the right to tell us that they didn't like the name we had chosen - Not least my mother-in-law who was very vocal on this matter!!! We had already decided on the name and it was not up for discussion, if we had only been considering it and had asked what people thought then that would have been a different matter! It's hard enough to find a name that you and your partner both agree on without everyone else sticking their oar in!

That's my DH's name and he is always called by his full name, not Jon or John, thank goodness, because I love the name ( and him!)

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Jonathan Michael is a nice name.

My brother is called Jonathan; my friend's DS is Michael.

Can't see what the problem with them are TBH.

I can see that people might not like it if your surname is Ponathan!!

some people are just stupid.

what have they actually said?

Both lovely names by the way.

When I told my friend whatwe were going to call this next baby she said "OH no, I don't like that at all"

I wasn't asking if she fecking liked it I was just telling her what we'd come up with. I find it shocking that people can be so rude.

Now if you post on mumsnet and ask "what do you think of this name" well you have to be prepared to take it with both barrells

What lovely names. Jonathan was originally on our list for ds1 until a friend 'pinched' it (glad she did as it wouldn't have suited him). Michael is one of ds1's middle names. What's not to like?

Do you think its because its quite a normal name? That perhaps they're expecting you to call him something 'unique'?

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They are lovely bames,,,,dont listen to what people say. I gave my son a name which my mum was surprised about but we agree now that he doesnt suit any other name!!

Bless - They're both names I considered for my DS. They're the names of very special people in my family!
They're lovely names and you should take no notice of anyone who says otherwise!

is he born yet?

some people are very tactless.
is this rl people or who?>

Eh? How can anyone find fault with that name?