John - too boring?

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Is it too boring??

She named her 3 boys after kings.
One is trendy/classic
One has an awful nn/seems a bit old fashioned
And king John.

I'm guessing George and Richard for the first two - am I right?

I love Jonty

The johns I have taught have been really cool. In comparison to the three Ollies, four Jacks, five Bens and ten SAMs in every year!

My ds (13) always wanted to be called John and asked us to call him it when he was about 6, lol. He's now got a good friend called Johnie, he's pretty cool.

yes

Definitely not boring, I should know as DS (nearly 13) is a John. As others have said, it's a classic, easy to spell and unlikely to be too many others called John in his class. A win, win situation

I really like Jonty but can you really use it from John? I don't like Jonathan.

I really like it. Only reason not to use it is if you have a one syllable surname.

I'd use it even with a one-syllable name! John Smith, John Brown, John Jones .

Yes, I really would. It wouldn't be my top choice, but one of my favourite boys' names when I was pregnant was James and if our surname had been Smith I wouldn't have hesitated to go for James Smith. OK, John Smith is slightly different - but it's not John Doe!

I don't think you have to be all that posh to use Jonty, do you?

I think Jonty is hideously twee. Sorry.

I know a 10 year old John, and I've never thought it boring. He sometimes gets called Johnny, but it's mainly John.

John is never boring! ;)

Yes, John is boring. Its solid and British and kind of a dependable name, but yes, IMO deadly dull!

I'm not landed aristocracy or anything but I am firmly middle to upper class, do you have to be posh to use Jonty? My in laws who are landed aristocracy are called things like Euan and William. Anyway, it would be John on birth certificate & then dimunitives as they arise. I always thought Jonty came from
Jonathan alone as John hasn't got that 't'...

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I think actually being called John/Jane Doe would be frikking awesome. Much cooler/ more memorable than being called Artemius Haybucket or something

Jonty is quite posh (or South African- seem to be a lot of South African Jonty's) and is usually a nn for Jonathan.

I'm biased as our family has more John's than not John's. Have to disagree with The mother. Most of the John's I know (and there are many) are good blokes.

It's exceptionally boring. Even though there may not be very many now under 30 (?) there are still so many of them generally. IMO it's the most unimaginative male name possible. But it is easy spell and pronounce of course if that's a consideration.

I only know two Johns well. The first is fifty, hilarious and extremely kind. The second is twenty nine and extremely hot. Based on this it's on the list, much to DP's annoyance a little toddler John just seems adorable.

Now Jonathan on the other hand....I've never known one that wasn't either dull or very NI-religious.

"I always thought Jonty came from Jonathan alone as John hasn't got that 't' "

Jonathan doesn't have a 't' sound though. It's a 'th'.

I think it's a fine name.

It would also be refreshingly unusual these days.

But it is easy spell and pronounce of course if that's a consideration.

In my boring and conservative world this is always a consideration. I would have loathed constantly having to spell my name or correct a mispronunciation. My own name is really, really easy to spell and pronounce and even so my sister-in-law has been known to mis-spell it.