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?

Joan is my middle name and it was my Nana's name. I like it.

I like it.

Joanie is one of my top girl names I thinks it’s adorable! And even better that it has a special meaning to you IMO

and to be honest there will always be someone that doesn’t like your name choice, you should do what you like

I think Joan is lovely. Names go in and out of fashion all the time. When I was young, names like George, Arthur and Harry were considered very old fashioned but there are lots of them now.

Love it, beautiful name

Well, names come back in 100 year cycles. Death and birth announcements have the same names so this just supports it is due to a comeback.

I'd go for June instead. There's no logic to it but some old lady names are in , like Elsie and Violet but I don't think Joan has made a comeback. June is more in, possibly due to the handmaids tale.

Just awful.
So many beautiful names to choose from and you want to go for Joan. Joni would be marginally better.

This was my first thought too.

My DD has an old fashioned first name that everyone has heard of but in a school of 2500, there isn't another one. There were 47 girls born in the UK the same year with her name.

Whereas I am of the Susan/Sarah/Jane/Tracey era and there are at least 5 of us at every gathering.

What about Joni? It's similar but with a modern twist.

How about Jeanne (the actual French name of Joan of Arc)?

But loads of ghastly, dreadfully old-fashioned names have come back into fashion - Ada, Ruby, Elsie, Mabel - names I never thought I’d here again!

Joan is slightly less old fashioned - many still around in their 80s, but possibly due for a comeback. OP could be ahead of the curve with this choice!

Maybe because she wants to name her daughter after someone whose name it actually was?

My cat is called Joan. She is called Joanie, JoJo, Joanie Joan, Joanie Girl, and just Joan. It suits her.

What about Jean?

I don't actually mind Joan and I think Joanie, Joni and Joanna are all nice too.

One of the nicest children I ever taught was called Joanie and absolutely nobody picked on her or thought the name ridiculous. Go for it.

Guys this thread is from February and OP was 5 months pregnant then. She'll have already had the baby and named it. Check thread dates!

Terrible.Joan the Moan.

Moany Joan. If you are having to think about whether it's a good name or not then it's probably not!!

I’m afraid I always think of it as a ‘plain’ name. Probably influenced by the line in IIRC Shakespeare - ‘…while greasy Joan doth keel the pot.’

BTW ‘Joan’ of Arc wasn’t actually Joan anyway - unless I’m misremembering she was ‘Jeanne’ d’Arc.

I’m afraid I always think of it as a ‘plain’ name. Probably influenced by the line in IIRC Shakespeare - ‘…while greasy Joan doth keel the pot.’

BTW ‘Joan’ of Arc wasn’t actually Joan anyway - unless I’m misremembering she was ‘Jeanne’ d’Arc.

You need to get in touch with Andy McCluskey, he's been getting it wrong for 43 years.

Surely that wasn't 43 years ago 😱

😂