Jonah

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Jonah is one of my favourite names but I've read that it means bad luck. I'm quite superstitious, even though I try not to be. I don't feel like I can use the name just in case he has bad luck in his life. This is ridiculous I know, anyone care to talk some sense into me?

I know a couple of Jonah's. I like it :-) although it took ages to persuade DS age 3 that he didn't have a friend called Tuna...

I love it - I wouldn't even give a moments notice to the bad luck thing. You cannot attribute whatever happens in your childs life to their name!

Id day go for it if you like it! I'm not into the meaning of names, don't understand how it means anything

My youngest is called Yonah, so very similar-I don't have a clue what it means though

Ffs! *say! Why is there no edit button on here!

I love it

I've not heard someone use Jonah as another word for jinx for a long time. I think it's a great name

It's nice.

Best if he never joins the navy, becomes a fisherman or yachtsman though.

I rejected it because of the connotations although it has a lovely sound.

It's ds2's name, so needless to say I love it

Apparently it's only bad luck at sea.

I prefer Jonas.

Jonah means peace.
I love it btw.

We rejected it because of the "bad luck" issue, but really only because FIL is ex-navy and the sort of person who would have said something about it. Lovely name, and if it hadn't been for this it would have been a front runner for DS2.

Another one suggesting Jonas. Like that a lot more.

In the original Hebrew, it most certainly does not mean bad luck. As earlier poster has said, it means 'dove' = 'peace'.
www.behindthename.com/name/jonah

Historically, supersitions were ways of helping poor and powerless people to explain and cope with things out of their control. They limited rational thought. Thankfully, today we don't have to be bound by them.