Olivia sibling John?

[blondie72]

We have a daughter called Olivia and I'm pregnant with a boy...
We like the family name John but I'm worried that Olivia 'n' John sounds too much like Olivia Newton John!! What does everyone think? Am I worrying unnecessarily? We could give the nickname Johnny (not family name) but I don't want to have to do this....

It was what i thought first. What about Jonathan?

I would never hve thought that. Can't see the problem really.

If it does remind certain people of Olivia Newton John it is not of your children's generation and will bear little relevance to them -

Just introduce them as John and Olivia then. I don't think its a problem.

Just don't have a third child and call it Newton ;)

I did think of it, sorry.

i thought it too immediately, sorry

I did think of it before I opened the post and thought oh no...

I too thought Olivia Newton John, but as supermarketjeans says it will not be your children's generation.

I thought about Ma and Pa Walton but maybe that just says too much about my crap tv watching habits recently!

Yes, I too think of Olivia N John. But as others have said, perhaps the younger generation won't.

I too thought of it instantly but as another poster said, introduce them as John and Olivia, sign cards etc in that order

first thing i thought of too, sorry. especially now she's been on glee and thats quite 'culturally relevant' at the moment and may remain so for a while.

It won't occur to their friends.

I'd say either call the boy jonathon formally for such purposes, or just introduce them as John and Olivia. Tbh, you're only a family unit for the 20 or so years of their lives and then for the next 60 years they will be known as John + wife, or Olivia and hubby. So I wouldn't let that dictate the names to me. Swapping their order around should be enough.

Besides, chances are they'll get nicknames and Olivia might well become a Livvie or something in a few years anyway!