John....

[Babiesonthebrain]

DH is set on using it if DC1 (due late summer) is a boy.

It's a family name and really important to him, so i'd like to be able to use it, I just don't LOVE the name. But then I don't really love ANY boys names.

I'd be more tempted if we could name the baby Johnny with a more modern middle name. I'm thinking Johnny Flynn, Johnny Beau etc, but DH would definitely want John on the birth certificate.

Any thoughts?

Jonathon is lovely too

..or Johan. I think Johan is my favourite.

I think Johans should look like this.

John has to be the ultimate 'meh' name I'm afraid. There are so many squillions of older Johns around (and always have been) that I think it's way too early for a revival of the name.

Johnny only marginally better imo.

My mum was going to name DB 'John', but was put off when someone pointed out it was a nickname for a toilet. And Johnny is a nickname for something else pretty undesirable!

Jonathan?

I have a 7 mo John. I'd like to call him johnny but his 3yo big brother instate his name is 'Baby John'

Obviously its not an unusual none but actually on a baby it stands out in a sea of Ollies and Alfies and Jacks and Matthews

There is a John in DS's class (aged 4)and my first thought was how nice it was to see the name coming back.

I think that's why I like John. Jack, Ava, Ella are gorgeous and then used a lot.

Our baby has a plain name that people say 'oh, that's different' bit so simple but it's a bit like John- underused

My ds, who is 12, has always loved the name John and wishes we'd called him it.

I've grown to live it myself, much nicer than Johnny, which is a condom, lol

Yes!

I have a wonderful dgs named John he is 16 and very happy with his name. I also know a 6 year old John who is the only one in the school. It is a lovely name. Neither of them is ever called Johnny though.

Johnny is a lovely name

Love it. Sounds refreshingly original amongst hordes of Jacobs and Noah's

Johnty

Jack is traditionally a nickname for John. So you could put John on the BC but call him Jack. (If you like Jack!)

Or, would your DH accept using John as a middle name? Or John as first name on BC but call him by his middle name? I know plenty of people who do this eg family name is Richard so the boy is called Richard Alexander but is known by Alexander.

Only among old people brokenhearted55a

Very cool name I think.

Definitely a cool name - think Johnny Cash cool.

Johnathon is underused and classic

my son is a John

My 8 yo DS1 is John on his BC, but we just call him Johnny. It is also my Dad's name but he has never been called Johnny so it separates the two. I loved it for years before I had children and was so pleased to have a son to give it to. Still love it now.

really like John and Jonathan, Johnny is a nice nickname. I know 3 jon/Johns aged 65, 34 and 6 and it suits them all, nice solid name

Got to give him the proper name on the birth certificate really - think about when he's applying for jobs etc

Hey my cousin in John Francis but has always been known as Johnny even by his own mother and family so that John to Johnny would definitely work

Jonty

In prefer john to Johnny, the only johns I know now are in their twenties so a lovely traditional but not hugely used name.