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Jaxon

141 replies

Harrypotterthor · 10/05/2024 20:25

Any thoughts?

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MrsSunshine2b · 26/03/2025 17:37

It's a tacky name which will date awfully. It's also the kind of name which sends a chill up a teacher's spine when they see it in their class list for the next year.

JillAndJenTheFlowerpotMen · 26/03/2025 17:20

I’m usually a stickler for traditional names, kings of England for boys, possibly saints, but I have always liked this one. I think it’s a good solid name and the chav accusations are unpleasant and off the mark.

Littlefish · 26/03/2025 17:17

The name is ok, the spelling is awful.

mathanxiety · 26/03/2025 17:16

And yes, as an Irish person, the jax means the loo.

mathanxiety · 26/03/2025 17:15

Jackson is nice.

There's a lot of sniffing about "American" names here, but the tradition of surnames as names is actually Scottish, and it wasn't unusual even in England in Victorian times.

I don't like Jaxon. In the US it would indicate parents who are not well educated, and probably in the UK too. It would be a shame to send a child into the world with that sort of image to live down.

JazbayGrapes · 26/03/2025 15:39

just spell it normally - Jackson

WakyWally · 23/03/2025 18:29

It sounds ok but the spelling? No. Its like a few names with weird spellings. Jole and Jaycob for instance

Sunflowergirl1 · 31/05/2024 06:30

The sort of name given to a poor child by some poorly educated mother, star struck by the stupid names given to babies by celebs.

Frankly awful

seafronty · 31/05/2024 05:49

There has never been a well behaved Jaxon or variation of. Expect them to be excluded, get a surron e bike, and just wear black head to toe. Your house will smell like weed.

zingally · 30/05/2024 14:40

That spelling is chavvy as all heck. Needs to be Jackson, if at all.

angelshine123 · 29/05/2024 21:07

Absolutely hate this name

abracadabra1980 · 18/05/2024 08:03

Chav name and spelling

RogueFemale · 18/05/2024 01:37

Chavvy.

takemeawayagain · 16/05/2024 21:10

Chav version of Jackson surely?

tuvamoodyson · 16/05/2024 21:06

Awful.

rwa818 · 15/05/2024 23:20

Horrible, if you have to at least spell it Jackson

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longdistanceclaraclara · 15/05/2024 23:03

No

Marblessolveeverything · 15/05/2024 22:59

Jax is slang for toilet here 🤦‍♀️

BirthdayRainbow · 15/05/2024 22:56

Heatedblanky · 14/05/2024 23:20

It sounds downmarket to me and I really wouldn’t do it - rightly or wrongly a huge number of people will judge him as soon as they hear his name.

Then they are stupid as it is the parents that named him. Not himself.

Heatedblanky · 14/05/2024 23:20

It sounds downmarket to me and I really wouldn’t do it - rightly or wrongly a huge number of people will judge him as soon as they hear his name.

mlc0 · 14/05/2024 23:12

My friend has a baby (nearly 1) with the spelling jaxon and I love it

Cuckoochanel80 · 14/05/2024 23:09

Jacksxon?? God, some of these spellings. Why would you do this to a poor child? Wee mites will never stand a chance. Sorry but there's no excuse.

IOweMySanityToBasilParsley · 11/05/2024 11:20

@CJ0374 aah, understandable then. I did wonder how you'd got there 🤣

CJ0374 · 11/05/2024 11:13

@IOweMySanityToBasilParsley My mistake! An elderly relatives name is William but he goes by Jack. I only found out today that his 1st name is actually John with middle name William!
Ignore me OP. 😬