John, Johnny or Jonny?! Help!!

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Opinions on John, Johnny or Jonny please! Perhaps with Eric as a middle name? Like the idea of Johnny the most at the moment but opinions welcomed please :)

Johnnie

Not Jonny but John and Johnny great.

John Eric is great

Thanks for the input everyone :) John is a family name so wanted to have it somewhere - don't like the name Jonathan but can see why John might be on the bc instead of Johnny. Hope that by not spelling it Jonny we won't have the condom association!

My son is just Johnny on birth certificate. Don’t worry OP, never had a condom comment. Look up famous men called Johnny. You’ll find plenty of cool film and music icons. It’s in a lot of rock n roll songs. Go for it.

John and let him decide later. My husband is John (same as his dad) so everyone called him Johnny. I also called him Johnny as John is also my dad’s name!

Lovely name btw!!

Duck me, I typed my husband’s name so much there I thought I made a typo!!

John! Johnny/Jonny is a totally normal nickname, in fact I'd be surprised if many "Johnny"'s are christened anything but John/Jonathan.

John Eric is great 👍 John is a zillion times better than Jonathan - John is a total and undisputed classic

Someone once said to me John / Jon preference is a class thing with John being posher

I grew up with a lot of Johns/Jonathans, and while a few of them were Johnnys when we were at school, not a single one is now.

In other words, adults don't want to be called Johnny. So I'd call him John officially if it was me,.

John. Definitely. It’s cool and understated whereas Jonathan is a bit fussy and wet.

For crying out loud....will actual grown adults please stop projecting childish musings and attempting to rubbish perfectly good names.

I’ve known many Jonnys and Johnnys, of varying ages, none of whom have ever been called condom. Because that’s just fucking ridiculous! Mist of them are in the Army, where ‘hilarious’ name associations are actively encouraged....but still none! Absolute bollocks.

I know a very cool 8 year old John!

I’d go with Jonathan, lots of abbreviation potential and it flows best with Eric.

I’m 47, and I have never used “Johnny” to mean condom. I’m aware of this use, but it’s rather archaic. I work with a guy called Johnny (mid 30s), it’s fine.

I know a Jonathan who was always called that by family and Jon by his friends. I also heard of one called Jonty.

Jonathan Eric (Jon).

John nn Johnny

John Eric

John. It's a lovely name, and an underused classic these days. Johnny is too nicknamey, though nice for a child. John isn't short for Jonathan - it's an unrelated name - so I wouldn't go for that if you want a form of John.

John is lovely. I like Jonathan too. I definitely would use one of those two. Johnny is an informal variation that won't work well in every scenario in his life.

John is my favourite name. I also loved Flynn but Johnny Flynn is an actor!

Jonathan = Jonny
John = Johnny

I agree Jonathan has much more to it as a name than John. John is "Dear John", a balding 45 year old man in a beige cardigan... Johnny is a little toddler or trying to be cool (Johnny Depp, old songs with slightly rebellious American teens called Johnny).

Call him Jonathan, then you/ he can use any or all your John / Johnny / Jonny options at different times, as seems to suit.

Ok if you call him Johnathan then technically it shortens to Jon or Jonny, but it sounds the same and Jonathan looks so much better written down than John.

John is lovely, classic and feels fresh in this generation. I know two young ones - 15 and 11 - both known as Johnny with no condom-related issues.

Not helpful but I know a Johnathan nn Jo