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Joey?

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sdutrjt · 05/03/2023 10:07

Would you name Joseph and use joey as nickname? OP on just naming joey? Or Joseph/ joe?

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Skybluepinky · 19/04/2023 11:35

Def not Joey, that’s birds name or the SEN man from Blue Peter.

HappyMe6 · 19/04/2023 10:44

Not a fan of Joey reminds me of a budgies name or kangaroo love Joe, love Joseph though

elm26 · 05/03/2023 13:57

One of my best friends is "Joey" on his birth certificate (we are 29) and he's the most genuine, kind person I know which makes me love the name!

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sdutrjt · 05/03/2023 13:55

I am leaning towards Joseph/ nickname joe.

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sciencedoesntlie · 05/03/2023 13:55

Joseph on birth certificate and then call him what you like. When he's old enough he can make his own choices. Mine has never used Joseph. He's known as Joe

user1492757084 · 05/03/2023 13:54

Josephis far better for a grown man who then can shoose for himself..

dew141 · 05/03/2023 13:53

PriamFarrl · 05/03/2023 13:30

Perhaps it’s just those of us pushing 50 who have a completely different association when it comes to the name Joey.

It's the one derivative of my name I loathe. Only one person still calls me Joey and I'm too polite to say!

Namechange828492 · 05/03/2023 13:51

Joey is ok but I would use Joseph as a full name as Joey on its own is a bit blah

Jory is lovely, could that work?

StopStartStop · 05/03/2023 13:49

Joey? Not unless your name is Skippy. I'm over 55.

Joey when I was teaching (people now in their thirties) was someone who was teachers' pet, always creeping, trying to suck up to staff, would tell on classmates etc.

Sarahcoggles · 05/03/2023 13:48

Just so you know OP, as I assume you're much younger than me, the name Joey was a horrible term of abuse in the 70s.

Joey Deacon was a man with cerebral palsy who appeared on TV. In a far less enlightened time, kids mocked people with disabilities and it was considered normal. So "Joey" became a term of abuse, implying someone was an idiot.

Of course it was horrible and wrong, but many people in their 50s will hear the name Joey and it'll have those associations.

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sdutrjt · 05/03/2023 13:47

Do I even wanna know

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ZoyaTheDestroyer · 05/03/2023 13:46

Sarahcoggles · 05/03/2023 13:42

I was thinking that!

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Just Googled. Crikey. I’m forty and have never heard that before. Where does it come from?

Sarahcoggles · 05/03/2023 13:42

PriamFarrl · 05/03/2023 13:30

Perhaps it’s just those of us pushing 50 who have a completely different association when it comes to the name Joey.

I was thinking that!

Albaniarocks · 05/03/2023 13:34

PriamFarrl · 05/03/2023 13:30

Perhaps it’s just those of us pushing 50 who have a completely different association when it comes to the name Joey.

I remember it being a horrible slur

PriamFarrl · 05/03/2023 13:30

Perhaps it’s just those of us pushing 50 who have a completely different association when it comes to the name Joey.

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sdutrjt · 05/03/2023 13:28

@ourflagmeansdeath I agree Maggie /Joseph sounds better than Maggie / joey

Thank you for all the replies

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ourflagmeansdeath · 05/03/2023 13:21

Joey Tribbiani 😁

But also I like it - Maggie and Joey is nice but I'd go with Maggie and Joseph. I think that goes much better and Maggie and Joey would sound quite similar with the endings. It's a great name whatever you choose!

MotherOfHouseplants · 05/03/2023 13:07

I don’t think he’d thank you for Joey in the future. Give him options. If you don’t like Joseph then Joel or Josiah could both give you the diminutive Joey.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 05/03/2023 13:04

A joey is a baby kangaroo. You cannot give your future adult son the legal given name of Joey. Joseph, or even Joe if the Maggie thing really bothers you, and call him Joey day-to-day.

Dancingcactus · 05/03/2023 11:53

I would put Joseph or Joe on the birth certificate rather than Joey.

Reddahlias · 05/03/2023 11:30

Otherwise your dd would resent not having a 'full' name.

Reddahlias · 05/03/2023 11:29

Is your dd just Maggie?

If yes, then Joey would be similar.

goldenfoliage · 05/03/2023 11:13

How about Jory? Cornish for George... Jory and Maggie doesn't seem out of place and Jory isn't a nickname.
are you honoring? If you're honoring, Joseph and Maggie are fine, but I would pick more established name - so Joseph, but I prefer Jory to both.

Adrelaxzz · 05/03/2023 10:58

I always associate Joey with the thick sex pest one in Friends. But others may see past that!

daisypond · 05/03/2023 10:55

Definitely Joseph, Joey for short. Joey is a bit twee for a grown man perhaps. And it’s a baby kangaroo, which adds to the baby feel.