Joan

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What are your thoughts on Joan as a name? I wasn't keen at first but dp is a fan and it is the name of my favourite singer (her of Woodstock/Bob dylan fame). It is growing on me!

I like it, due a revival surely, along with Jean.

I'm a big fan of retro names but can't warm to Joan.

Joanie is cute and very Americana though .

Lovely name - start the revival!

Reminds me of Shakespeare but not in a good way.

Tu-whit, tu-who a merry note
While greasy Joan doth keel the pot

There's always glamorous Joan from Mad Men I suppose but my first association is 'greasy'.

I prefer Jean. :)

I like it.

Like it but prefer Jean. Joan is an Enid blyton character who's always sad :(

And there was Joan Baker in the Chalet School. She was portrayed as a brazen strumpet because she once flirted with a boy, and nice gels did not flirt. In Chalet School land nice gels married their childhood GP.

I know two baby Joan's (one known as Joanie) I think it's coming back!

Hmm was Joan the one who got sent away from Mallory towers in disgrace?

Not my taste either.

It was Joanie in Happy Days, wasn't it?

Prefer Joanne or Joanna.

I learnt this poem when I was little…

What lovely names for girls there are!
There's Stella like the Evening Star,
And Sylvia like a rustling tree,
And Lola like a melody,
And Flora like a flowery morn,
And Sheila like a field of corn,
And Melusina like the moan
Of water. And there's Joan, like Joan.

(I still like the name Joan though!)

I like it (and prefer it to Jean).

I like it. Also Joni

Joan is Elizabeth's friend in the Naughtiest girl in the school. Eventually they find the reason she's sad is that her brother is ill or dead. #derail

I don't like it at all. It's a very plain name (and not in a good way!). I would expect Joan to be 50+ and dowdy...

It rhymes with moan.

I like it
And Jean
(and June, and Joy, and, actually, Jane)

It's very simple but it has a nice sound

and I think of Joan Bakewell (who is cool as fuck and utterly beautiful) as well as Joni.

Have you passed the Joan baton on to a daughter Dixie?

Love Joan. It's was my grandma (and favourite person in the worlds name!) if our baby was a girl, Joan would be on the name list. SIL has just had a little girl with the middle name Joan

I like it - was my grandmothers name so a little biased!

Agree with a poster upthread, like Jane, Jean, June and Joy.

Had planned to use Joy as a middle name for DC2 as DH wouldn't entertain Joan. We had a boy so it didn't matter but I now have a long list of future cat's names!

I like Joni and also Johanna (as in Visions of..)

I don't like it, sorry. I don't like Jean either.

Joni is OK, and Johanna is lovely.

Joan the moan

Not a fan in afraid. Joanie has potential & Jean is super cute

Good luck finding the right name can be a killer but I don't ever think you really know the baby's name until they're born then usually you just know