Bonkers?

[Buntysoven]

I met a 3 year old Jonquil known as Jonnie at the docs today and I'm sort of falling in love with it. Love both long and short. Nancy and Jonnie. Cute or naff? Last name 2 syllables starting with J

If you want to call him Jonnie, I'd go for Jonathan.

I personally wouldn't call a child the slang name for a condom though....

If the surname is Johnson, then no.

If not, it's quite pretty for a little girl.

Naff for me.

I vaguely heard of it but thought it was a girls' name. Isn't a jonquil a type of flower?

I really don't like it, sorry. Although I love Jonnie/Jonny.

Are you naming a girl or a boy?

Personally I think Jonquil for a boy sounds similar to Tarquin (i.e posh in a bad way). For a girl it's OK I guess, but being known by a male nn might get a bit annoying?

An alternative for a girl would be Joni which is very cute imo.

Wouldn't want to call my child after a flower that looks like a daffodil.

It sounds like one of the stereotypical uber posh names. Tarquin, Ptolemy, Jonquil...

No from me.

I know a Jonquil, her nick name is Jolly !

Jonquille is the French word for Daffodil. Girl's name.

I can't imagine too many men appreciating being called Jonquil.

Also, it just makes me think of daffodils, so to me it'd be no different from naming your child Daffodil.

It's awful, sorry. I do like Jonny though.

I like it.

"Bonkers" has a certain ring to it, OP, but I fear it may cause grief in the playground.

Ah.

Am afraid Jonquil doesn't appeal to me, be it pronounced as JON-quill or ZHON-key in French version (or is that the "Jonquille" spelling?).

Joanie/ Joni/ Johnnie/ Johan/ Jonas etc. are all fine, though.

I know a female Jonquil in her 60's.
She takes great pride when she introduces herself to anyone in explaining that she is named after a flower & that she bets they don't know anyone else with that name.she is a very strong person.

I knew a little Jonquil, though I suppose he'd be a teenager now. I always thought the name was a little odd for a boy.

Am assuming you are naming a girl?

Sorry I thought it was obvious that it was for a girl 😂Don't knoe what we're having yet but boy's name set in stone. Promise it's not Beryl!

Ah - well now you have learned something - that if you call your dd 'Jonnie', then a lot will presume your child is a boy. Now, that might or might not bother you, but it's worth throwing into the equation.

I think it's lovely, and Jonnie is a nice abbreviation.

Love it for a girl. Prefer Jolly to Johnnie, but both quite good.

I love it more each day.. sadly DH said "Don't be bloody silly" so that's that! Thanks for the input.

No to Jonnie for a girl! How? Why? What?

I always wanted to be called John when I was younger. Inspired by Julie Andrews in Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Jonnie is a fine nickname for a girl, as names like Billie, Alex and Sam are. I'm just not a fan of Jonquil. Josephine nn Jonnie could work...