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Thoughts on Joan?

129 replies

WhiskyCollins · 10/08/2026 11:36

Stuggling to decide on a name for my week old baby girl!

Nothing on the pre-birth shortlist quite works.

Looking for something short - frilly or overly feminine girls names aren’t my taste and her surname will be double barrelled.

I like Niamh, Tess, Erin and Joan but there’s just something about Joan that is drawing me in. Interested to hear other thoughts and if people are seeing/meeting many baby Joans these days?

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LolaGold · 10/08/2026 11:43

OttersOnAPlane · 10/08/2026 11:42

Plowright? Bakewell? Aitken? Of Arc? Darby and? Collins? Crawford?

I don't know anyone under 90 called Joan, but it's a nice enough name.

Oh wait - counter culture singers of the 60s, Baez and Armatrading!

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LolaGold · 10/08/2026 11:43

She will be Joanie or Jo-Jo

OttersOnAPlane · 10/08/2026 11:42

Plowright? Bakewell? Aitken? Of Arc? Darby and? Collins? Crawford?

I don't know anyone under 90 called Joan, but it's a nice enough name.

Oh wait - counter culture singers of the 60s, Baez and Armatrading!

YouSawBrigadoon · 10/08/2026 11:41

I think Joan belongs in the archives along with Phyllis, Doreen and Margaret.