To call my baby Joan?

[SecondChancesAtLife]

What do you think?

I’m 5 months pregnant and having a girl.
Ive just watched “maid of Orleans” video by orchestral manoeuvres in the dark and had a brainwave. Joan as in Joan of Arc.

Classic, moving story/heroine, devout catholic. The name Joan has suddenly taken on new meaning for me!

Joan of Arc was also always my favourite bit in Bill & Teds excellent adventure ❤️

Or am I just suffering from baby brain? Is it awful?

Love it

Bloody awful.

I like it!

Love it. It’s my dream name if I had a girl.

Why not? Joanie is cute. And if Joan is a little " old lady" ish that's highly trendy at the mo, and you can use Jo, JoJo, Joanie, Joey etc as nicknames. I really like it!

I love it and think it’s probably coming back. Joanie is really cute too.

Awful. How old are you?

It would definitely be unusual for a baby now which is nice. I work in a care home and we have a few Joan's of 70-90 years. Joan and Pam(pamela) most popular names.

I like it. It’s classic and strong.

I mean it is of course completely up to you but... baby Joan? What about Joni?

Or Joanathan...just putting the ideas out

I like it. Someone I work with has a Joni after Joni Mitchell.

But it shouldn’t matter what others think. There will always be people who hate your choice no matter what you pick. So choose the name you want.

Is it honestly the best you can come up with?

that’s all you have to think about.

I saw Joan on a list of names most likely to make a come back.

it is lovely

Joan is a beautiful name!

Not a name I'd personally choose, but if you like it go for it!
It's a good, solid name.

Poor child would get picked on.

Call her what you want, don't need to ask MN permission.

I prefer Joanie. Not really keen on Joan or Joanie the. Joanna us slight better. Uo to you in the end tho, your choice.

Adorable. She’ll be the only Joan but everyone will be able to spell it.

Moanie Joanie... I want to like Joan but I just can't

I think its awful sorry. But it's your baby your choice.

Dd has a friend called Edna, She gets teased all the time for being a granny.
To me joan would cause a similar issue

Honestly, not keen. I'm in my fifties though so new fashionable names remind me of old ladies I used to know.

However, it's your baby and your choice. Names sound better in different accents. (Sadly mine only sounds good with an American accent.. (one of the American accents)

Poor child would get picked on

Why? There's loads of old fashioned names popular now.
Arthur, Stan (makes me think of On The Buses personally but each to their own, that's just me lol)
Mabel, Nancy etc (love Nancy)

It sounds dreary to me, not sure why as I like Jane and Joanna! Maybe because it rhymes with moan...

Awful.