Joey

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Anyone know one or got one who is "just" Joe or Joey (not Joseph?)

I dont like the name Joseph, and it makes my teeth itch when I hear it pronounced Jo-Ziff (thanks Corrie) but like Joey (also like Joe but DH prefers Joey).

Our DD has a "shortening" as her full name but it seems to stand alone very well: Meg. Noone yet has tried to call her Megan or Margaret ( neither of which we liked ) so im not averse at all to having a shortening on the BC, I just dont know whether Joey is just too nicknamey.

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Neither?

Joe or Joseph are nice names

Not Joey

you could keep him in your pouch

Of course it's fine and a name in its own right.
I don't know any but wouldn't think anything of hearing the name Joey nor would I think it must be a shortening for Joseph.
Wasn't there a baby Joey on the latest episode of OBEM...?

Yes thats what got me thinking

Its rare to get dh to agree to any of my suggestions or for me to agree to any of his so when he said he liked Joey ive sort of jumped on it.

I am a Joey, shortened from my actual name (female). I have met a few other female joeys along the way, all also shortened from another name, but no male ones. I personally don't like it as a given name.

I know a couple of Joe's who are Joe, not Joseph.

Not keen on Joey though.

I think of budgies and gangstas. Short for Joseph? But then I personally prefer Joe.

And kangaroos!

I don't mind Joe on its own either. Just not Joey.

Joe is so bland.

Joey or JOseph better.

I prefer Joseph but Joe can probably stand on it's own. You could use Joe and call him Joey as well. Meg and Joe would be nice as siblings.

my dsis have a joel who is called joey and yes its for the kangaroo reason i like it personally x

Joey has connotations of disablist behaviour for people who remember the 80s. I think the guy's name was Joey Deacon.

I like joey but remember the playground taunts in the 80's

To me it is a word that is used as an insult. As in Joey Deacon.

I have a Joe. It is not bland but very lovely for a beautiful little boy. I often get comments on how nice it is, I'm assuming he will get Joey in school when he's older.

Joe is fine as a name on its own. Joey definitely sounds like a nickname for something longer.

What about Joachim, if you are unsure of Joseph? Jonah?

I remember when 'Joey' was used as an insult, and in my area. Yes I think it was connected to Joey Deacon.

My very first boyfriend was a Joe with the nickname Joey! He stopped using Joey as he went into his 20's.

I vastly prefer Joe to Joseph!