Joey for a boy?

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It would be the full given name, the fact it is normally a nickname doesn't bother me.

You might like Joey - but you're not the owner or bearer of the name - that person's most defining characteristic.

To persist with a name which limits its owner, and has negative characteristics, takes a considerable level of self-indulgence.

Sorry, I know Baby Names can be a pretty frank, and at times harsh forum, but you did ask for opinions.

Please don't do this to a baby who will grow up to be a man with a weak name like Joey. It's awful.

Sorry OP, I agree with the others. Joey is a cute nickname but I personally can't imagine it being the full name. There's lots of nice 'Jo' names you could have to give the baby a choice - Jonah, Jonas, Joseph, Joel, Jonathon, Joshua...

One of my dc's best friends is Joey, so I'm rather fond of it. He is officially Joseph though, and like PPs, I'm a fan of giving a 'proper' name on the BC so you have options.

I immediately thought of Joey Deacon but that's cos I'm old

Sorry 'Joey from friends' is what comes to mind. It's cute for a toddler though.

Joey Deacon sprang to my mind as well. Kids these days won't have those negative connotations, thank goodness.

I’ve got a Joseph who’s been Joey to everyone for 19 years. He corrected anyone who called him Joe at school because there were several joes but he was the only Joey. I imagine he’ll be Joe when he starts working.

Immediately think of a name for a budgie.

My DH's name is Joe but I've always called him Joey. MIL hates it. I love it. It sounds so much softer than the quite blunt "Joe". If we have a boy, his middle name will be Joey.

I love Joey but PLEASE go with Joseph on BC to give him options and save him correcting people his whole life.

Call him Joseph on his birth certificate to at least give him a choice later on.
Could you imagine buying a house (for example) from a 40 year old Joey?! Bleurgh.

I like it

I know two Joes (I assume they're Josephs but not actually sure) and both went by Joey and switched to Joe in year 6/7.

I really don't think teenagers and adults want to be called Joey.

Cute as a nickname but I think he’d thank you for giving him an alternative when older than 11ish.

Joey is a budgies name

I think Joey is fine for a baby, but for a grown man? I'd give him Joseph as his full name and then you can give him whatever nickname you want.

How about Jolyon as a full name with options of jo, joey, or Joel as nicknames.

We have a Joey - but it is Joseph on the birth certificate. I don't remember actively deciding he would be Joey - that's just what we've always called him. He can change it if he wants to but he doesn't seem fussed right now (he's nearly 11)