Johnny?

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Any opinions welcome :)

Condom.

It's a nickname.

Jonathon is a 1980's estate agent who is married to Dawn.

Jonathon might be Squoosh

However, Jonathan is a neat and tidy professional who always wears a suit bizarrely. His wife will be called Pippa or possibly Helen or Emma.

The cooler version, Johnny, is rather like Jonny Wilkinson. Confident and handsome.

Definitely not selling it. Jonny Wikinson is a talented sportsman and pretty enough to look at but OH MY, he's so boring.

John is classic, Jonathan is classic 1980s.

Jonathan isn't a new name, though. It's biblical.

Mark is biblical and that shouts 1980's to me too.

I would say both Mark and John are more dated than Jonathan. I know quite a few boys called jonathan, but no Marks or Johns, so it isnt a dated name to me.

Fair enough, it's all about who you know. I know Johns of all ages, elderly men and brand new babies. The only Jonathans I've ever met are middle aged and English.

Condom

If you have another boy in the future you could have Johnny and Willie.

It's a bit boring. Saying you like Johnny is like saying you like bread.

Also, give him a full name. He won't be a baby forever. I was given a nickname instead of a real name and I utterly hate it.

Oh yeah, and if I had a another girl as well I could call her fanny and have a Johnny, a Willie and a Fanny

I would be remembered for my sparkling wit

Wouldn't it be great if Lady Garden from the House of Lords had children with those names?

Totally fabulous!

Love. It is our choice for our DC4, ds2 due, well, now actually!!! We are going with Jonathan but Jonny for short.... It's string yet sensitive, not at all retro twee and undateable as in cant be pigeonholed to any particular time... And others not forget that other fine johnny, johnny castle!!

My post makes limited sense.... This is normal for me!

Some infantile posters on this thread I see. Showing their age too...back to the wireless ladies.

I prefer John or Jon

I know quite a few Johnny's. It's alright. I don't immediately think condom.

Not forgetting little Dickie, Curly.

Jonathan Yes. John Yes.

Johnny No.

Johnny is a great name. I think the condom thing is passing out of use nowadays anyway.

I also know middle aged English Jonathans and also a few American ones who are a little younger. It's very 70s/80s.

Johnny, otoh, is great, and a classic -- but a pet name, never one for the BC. I would use John as the BC name.

We have a Johnathan (unconventional spelling I know!) he gets called Johnny by one side of the family and John John by the other.

I think it's an awesome name.

I think it's great. Johnny Cash was never actually called Johnny by his parents - he was known as JR. He only used his full name when he got a recording contract. It's cool and like others have said, undateable. My teenagers don't call condoms johnnies by the way. I think that is definitely a generational thing and dying out now.