John or Samuel ?

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Opinions / suggestions all welcome ,
Thanks :)

John

Samuel.

Ooh a tie !

Samuel.

Samuel

Or John

All the Johns I know are about 50, time for a revival.

Samuel

John, classic but more unusual at the moment.

John. I met a baby John recently and it was a nice surprise as the name is rarely used any more.

I think there was a thread recently asking the exact same thing - John vs Samuel

Samuel

SausageSoda - thank you , I will have a look for that thread! 😊

John is fabulous.

John - more unusual nowadays and although I would've said it was boring twenty years ago now it's quite fresh but still a classic.

Both are lovely! (how helpful...)

I would have used John for a boy if it had gone with our surname, but it doesn't. I had girls though!

Samuel, but you can't go wrong with either

Samuel

We seriously considered Samuel for DS but I couldn't decide how to pronounce it - Sam-you-ell? Sam-yoll?
So I'd go with John because I know how to say it.

John

Samuel
But then I have one of my own

Both lovely.

//inserts wildcard of Jonathan

Both are great. Johnny is a great nickname. Sam too

Samuel
It's a great classic name I may be biased as mine is sitting next to me
But I do think John is a good strong name too

Depends how much you like Sam. I don't, only because it's a unisex name!

both great names. If you have a longer surname, then John works better and vice versa.

DS has the middle name John, as does DH and my d father (although df used it as his given name). I love it but I think Samuel John is a lovely name too.

Samuel (also on my list) but John is very nice as well