Juno......what do you think????

[DottieRose]

Do you like it, is it getting popular, what springs to mind when you hear it, do you know any little Juno's?????

June? Juna? Juniper?

Love it spelt Juneau

Owlshaped - Juneau makes it the capital of Alaska, not a Roman goddess... So the meaning changes. Depends if meaning is more important than spelling (it is to me, hence why I would go with Juno, but appreciate for some people they prefer to choose the spelling they like)

I think I would prefer the spelling Juno and the meaning behind it

Hmmm not sure. My first thought on seeing the thread title was 'paycock' and I don't think I'd be able to stop thinking it every time I heard/read the name.

And it does sound like a boy's name to me, even though I know it isn't tbh.

I love it. I like the "o" ending. So many girls names end in "ie" or "y", Millie, Tillie, Ellie.

Juno has the BEST meaning and namesake too. It does make me think of the film, but it was a pretty good film, so I don't think it matters.

The movie ruined it.

chandon I absolutely love that book - it is one of my all time favourites as well.

I love the name Juno but never would use it because of the film - I loathed the film (such pretentious dialogue). But it is a pretty name.

Juno is the roman goddess, Hera is the Greek equivalent (if the meaning etc means anything to you). I think Hera is a lovely name.

One problem could be that "Junoesque" is often used to refer to somebody with a larger body....

Isn't it Reubenesque that descibes the more voluptuous female form? Never heard Junoesque used in that context.

Junoesque refers to an imposingly tall and shapely woman. Don't really see a problem there?

I love it!!!

Guess it depends if you are imposingly tall and shapely!

My favourite name for a girl

Nobody is talking about calling their daughter "Junoesque". The name is Juno. I'm hazarding a guess that she won't be an actual Roman goddess either.

Badgerina, no one's saying the baby would be called 'Junoesque'; I think the worry is about the implications of the name ? that someone hearing the name would associate it with the word 'Junoesque' and get an image of the person in question looking Junoesque. IYSWIM.

I like that it's unique. Love unique names. Initally i thought i was a boys'name too but so many names these days are unisex so i wouldn't worry about that.

Lovely name, I knew of a couple baby Junos a few years ago just after the film but I think it's still fairly unusual.

Talking of lovely names, AlmaMartyr, yours is brilliant!

I like it, assuming your surname isn't Watt.

Yes, they may get an image of a Junoesque person. My point though is, what is the big deal about that meaning? It doesn't matter if the little girl isn't Junoesque, (ie she's slight and small), because she isn't a Roman goddess either! I don't understand getting hung up about the association with Junoesque, when the actual name comes with it's own connotations. Neither associations are negative so what is the problem?

I love it! No more DC for me, so my ambition is to own a VW camper which I shall call Juno

Definitely "out there" but I've heard much much worse "out there" names. As long as you're willing to brave all the confusion: "What? Is that a girl or a boy? Is her name June? Jane? How do you spell that?", etc.?

Badgerina, maybe they were thinking about when she's older and may actually be voluptuous ...

Which I don't think is a bad thing, but I know some people might!

Ragged I can't imagine that there would be that much confusion since the film Juno would have brought the name into the mainstream and the lead character was a girl, I am a secondary school teacher and have heard students talking about the film so I don't think the name would be unheard of!