To name our son (who will be born in 2019) John?

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Apparently it's an unreasonable choice in this day and age?? I thought it was sweet. He could become Johnny if it needs to be "cuter" while he is little.

Our other choice was just Finn.

It's OK. It is slang for the loo though, especially in the USA. Also, Johnnie is slang for a condom. (old slang, maybe but still used a bit.) I suppose some other names could be mocked, but there are many that wouldn't be. Up to you though if you want to call him that. You can't be sure about it of you're asking people on the internet what they think though.

I am liking these proper old century old names like Flo, Hilda, Arthur, and Nellie! (Haunting of Hill House and Under the Dome have a Nellie in, both 20 something young women.)

If I were to have a daughter now, I would call her Eleanor - and shorten it to Nell, and if it was a boy it would be Arthur, shortened to Art. Lovely, classy names. (IMO.)

No to Garry and Kevin and Barry and the like! And no to Finn. Will lose its appeal quickly.

No idea why anyone would feel sorry for a GEORGE. (As @oatsbeansbarley said. Though I have never known one personally oddly! Alan is a lot worse a name for a young child IMO, even though @oats said that should make a comeback!

As a pp said, I don't know any boys, or young men called John. None under 40 actually. Don't know whether that makes it a good idea to call your son John, or a bad one.

It's a timeless, traditional name. If you want to modernise it a bit, you could spell it as 'Jon'.

Another classic name I like, which I think is due to a comeback is Michael.

I like it. It was my grandad name so DS had it as his middle name.

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Your surname isn't Thomas I hope ?

John is fine. It’s a strong and classic name- I taught a 7 year old John a few years ago - there are some young John’s around. It’s not like calling him Gary

I love Finn, my dgs is Finn and his best friend is John. They are 11/12.
Finn on its own isn’t as popular as Finlay/Finley.

I prefer John to Finn, I think it is a nice name and he will be ahead of the game when it surely gets revitalised.

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It was still 118th last year, which is far from unheard of. Unusual but classic and known by all - that's the perfect kind of name!

I don't imagine it will fall too far down the ranking either, since so many people's dads and grandads were called John, it's going to be used to honour family members a fair bit.

My dad is a John. My eldest son has John as his middle name. Gorgeous name x

DS has a kid in his nursery class called Simon.
I never thought of Simon as that middle-aged a name, and rather like it for a kid, but apparently it's up there with Alan and Barry.

John's a stone-cold classic. I'd go for it.

It's a classic, was one of the most popular for hundreds of years, and is overdue for a comeback.

I like John.

My ds2 middle name is Jonathan for my grandfather. On my dads side John is the family name and there are what feels like millions of them, my cousin goes by Johnnie and has since he was a teenager.
My mums family name is William.
They're both good solid names imo.

Love it! If I were you I’d just announce name when baby arrives and then (hopefully) everyone will just accept whatever you chose.

A brilliant name. Classic. Easy to say. Easy to spell. I love it and would have used it had one of ours been a boy.

John is a lovely name. International too. Most European languages have a version of it.
I know some cool Johns young and old.

No if your surname is Smith (or Major )

John is great as is David.

I like the name John. And Jonathan. We have both in our family and Jonathan is known as Jonny.

John is a lovely classic name - Jonathan is nice too. Johnny just makes me think of condoms.

You could always use Jack or John-John as a nickname if you really need one.

I know a (young) teenager whose parents named him John because it had a personal connection for them & they reasoned that whatever he did in life it was such a classic he'd always fit in. People like it and the only comments are positive; a lot of people know a John of whom they have very fond memories - 'lovely' 'kind' and a 'true gent' are common reactions to the name. Go for it.

@pippa999 all the names you like have been common for about 10-15 years.

I remember going to a church for something about 15 years ago and a baby being christened was given the names "Arthur George" I was like as I associated the name Arthur with men in their 80s. Since then I know and have met children with the names like Flo, Eleanor, etc.

My DH is John and my DS is Jack. I wanted a more fashionable name for DS (he is 25) but was overruled. DS is horrified at the choices I had for him My John DH is a strong, gentle, kind, patient, animal loving, intelligent man so I might be biased.

Go for it!

It might offend some people as there was a John in the bible!

I like it.

Prefer it as Jon for Jonathan though.

Johnnie is great.