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.

Lovely. Good choice for child and adult. Timeless. Don’t discuss choices with people in real life- it’s your choice and never ends well...I know!

My primary aged DC are at school with a John. Sisters are Elizabeth and Mary. They're the only ones at school. 

Go for it! John is cool

A good timeless name. To be honest I’m sick of names like Finn, Oliver, Oscar, Freya, Milo etc.

I inwardly eye roll when I hear someone yell out one of those names in the street. They are the new ‘Sharon’ and ‘Tracey’ were I live. Half the class must share those names.

i like Jonathan nn Jon. It was going to be DC name but she was a girl

Well,

DS 2 is called Herbert John. He has never had any problems with his names.

I love the name John and Johnny. It'll never date. I know a John of 11. Great choice!

I went to a baby massage class yesterday. The two little boys were called Atlas and Roux.

Call him John. He’ll thank you for it one day

My children used to go to school with lots of children from China. They all had their original names but were known as western names here. A LOT of them were called John. There were a few Kevin's as well and the girls were equally named after the 70's.

I love John as a name, my dad is John so I am biased.

How is Roux pronounced? Like the sauce I'm guessing?

I really like it. I prefer Jonathan as then you have more choice over what he will be called. It's a strong, classic, traditional name without being dated.

John is a great name. But then I also like Hedgehog so I’m possibly not the best judge.

One of my boys has John as a middle name. I love it, very classic.

It's a name he won't need to change as an adult to be taken seriously in the world nor will he be one of many in his classes. It's also not a name that 'dates' it, schools have a lot of Britneys etc, maybe Meghan will be common in the future. Always remember your baby will spend the majority of its life as an adult!

I can’t understand why anyone would think such a lovely, classic, biblical name would be unreasonable in this day and age? Would they say the same about Luke, Mark and Matthew (all also lovely names)?

I think it’s really ironic how parents who go for solid classic names - like John, Matthew, Michael, Elizabeth, etc - are paradoxically the unusual ones these days, whereas the parents who think they’re being terribly interesting and unusual with their choice are unwittingly being boring sheep.

4 Biblical books of John and 1 King so can't be bad (and it's cute).

Its a great solid name. Dont understand the problem. Its better from an unpopular name to a popular one. Finn is common so if you called your ds that name he wont be the only finn in class or school. Just call her ds whatever you like. My dsis chose an old unpopular name for her ds. Now theres more babies for the name as its a lovely boys name.

John can't be compared IMO to 'old man' names like Albert or Stanley. Those names have really dated people in the past, and will do so again once fashions change, as they always do.
Some names never really date or go out of fashion. John and Elizabeth are just two.

I love the name John but it was DHs grandads name and he didn’t get on well with him unfortunately!. You could always shorten it to Jack

You could call him Finn John. But it may be an issue if he gets fat

That took far too long to twig, I was like "eh?" for a minute. I clearly need far more caffeine

Anyway! I think John's a great name, it's a strong classic.
Some age like Clive or Kevin, but John's great and due a comeback I reckon.

I know a 5yo Jonathan and a 6yo John. It's not in fashion at the moment but it's not unfashionable, if you see what I mean. I think it's a good solid name.

I like it - if I were to have had a boy he would have been James Ernest (Ernest after my Grandad) which apparently is outdated. DD is Molly Elizabeth (Elizabeth after her great Nana) which my Dad stated was old fashioned. We have lots of Ruby's, Ava's, Summer's Mia's etc. In her school. Names go in and out of fashion DD has a friend who's Albert which is quite old fashioned.

I like good solid traditional names... we have a Nicholas (aged 2) and a Patrick (aged 1) 

They both really suit their names, and we've never met any others in that age range so far! (which I see as a good thing?)

It’s lovely - and will stand the test of time (for example how many 30-ish year old Kylies and Charlenes are about?). Go for it - and congrats on your pregnancy

Yawn, what a boring name