Johnny on the BC?

[AnnieorGaren]

Would this be okay?

Absolutely! Why not!?

I think that there are very few stipulations on ‘cruel’ names that are not permitted by law (Satan, for example! ), but many babies will have shortened or nicknames as their given names. Jake, Jack, Billy, Katie, Lily, Beth...all started out as longer and ‘proper’ names and are now very much names in their own right.

yes it's perfectly ok.

Fine. Apart from -sorry, Op - a johnny is what people in living memory have called condoms.

This actually works imo because he can actually shorten to John as a nn (in a way!) if he wants to.

@bellinisurge Why would you say that? She’s considering naming her baby!

Because @Sessy19 it's better to find out things like that before you've named the baby than after!

Personally I wouldn't as it sounds too informal.

By all means call him Johnny all the time, but think of this. What if he ended up becoming a judge, and they shout out 'the honourable judge Johnny whatever' - the whole court room sniggers. Call him John, so at least he has a 'grown up' name for when he is a grown up.

I'm sure you can but i think that John on the BC gives him more options for a formal professional name as he ages.

My DD named her son Joey. Its not short for anything. It's Joey on the birth certificate . I wasn't sure about it at first and tried to persuade her to use Joseph so he had a choice when he was older and she could shorten it to Joey anyway. She wouldn't budge and he's Joey . It never gets shortened to Joe and i couldn't imagine him being called anything else now. I try not to associate it with Joey Essex though !

I wouldn't. I think Johnny is too babyish, though it's fine as a pet form of John for a child. I also think johnny "condom". Though I do know one in his early 20s who seems to have survived so far just fine.

What if he ended up becoming a judge, and they shout out 'the honourable judge Johnny whatever' - the whole court room sniggers

Oh yes, I’m imagine that the perfectly normal and inoffensive name Johnny would cause sniggers all around for a judge. Do me a favour, it’s a perfectly normal name.

I was about to use Johnny Ball as as example but it turns out that he's really a 'Graham'.

Personally I would go for John or Jonathan on the BC and then shorten it. Maybe I'm old fashioned but I just prefer a more formal name that can be shortened rather than trying to 'formalise' a name later.

To be honest I would go with Jonathon as his formal name and keep Johnny as a nickname. As an adult he may choose to go byJohn or Jonathon instead x

I know a Jonny, he is Jonny on his BC too. He is mid 30s.

Why would you put an informal/nickname on the birth certificate, Just why??
And, yes, It is a slang name for condoms. I'm early 50's and I know that, so I assume a lot of other people will too.

Johnny is slang for condom and too nicknamey.

How about Jonathan or John?

It's totally up to you - what is the point in asking on here? Some people will say it's fine, some people will say it's not fine.

Personally I would put John on the BC but call him Johnny. Because I'm traditional like that. But it's not my baby

I do immediately think ‘rubber johnny’ but younger people won’t I expect. I don’t really see anything wrong with nicknames on birth certificates (and it won’t be a nickname if it’s on the bc) but I also don’t see a reason why you wouldn’t put John and just call him Johnny. John is a great name imo.

I know a Jonny too, late twenties and felt no ill effects of being named that .

Younger people do still know the term rubber Johnny. Can confirm this as I teach.

Johnny = condom to lots of people of all ages, agreed. I teach too fwiw.

I'd put John/Jonathan on the BC.

Yep. My son is Johnny on birth certificate.

Never had any condom comments. Mostly people say it’s a cool name. They’ll think of Cash, Depp, Rotten, Marr etc.

He can go by John if he decides to at some point.

It's absolutely fine as a stand alone name. I didn't think of condoms til reading the pp's - it'd be a bit silly to forgo all names that rhyme with one thing or have a loose slang connotation IMO

Why does there seem to be a mn obsession with using a ‘full, traditional’ name on the bc??

For me this mostly changes the whole name. For instance I like Beth or Eliza but not Elizabeth, I also like Albie, cannot stand Albert.

If you like Jonny, use it. So many children out there have names which are nn now used in their own right. Jonny is cool, like a pp said, Depp, Cash etc. John or Jonathan really hasn’t got that same ring.