Thoughts on this name please...

[EverybodysChanging]

Joel Jacob Hughes

(Would not be abbreviated to JJ )

Sounds fine. Good strong sensible name.

I like it, but I think it would be JJ by friends at school. So if you don't want JJ beware.

But surely his school friends wouldn't really know his middle name?

Yeah possibly. I'm quite rural so small schools, kids tend to know these things. I just know my nephew and brother both had names shortened to initials at school when previously hadn't. Just my experience though.

Lovely names either way.

"It wont be abbrieviated to JJ"
Will he get a say in that. With the greatest It's his name. If he wants to be JJ then that's it. Rule of names....Don't use it if you don't like what it maybe shortened to
I Dont like it sorry but my opinion is neither here nor there.

Joel Hughes is great, and I wouldn't worry about the abbreviation. People might well know his full name but that doesn't necessarily meant they'll use or shorten it.

But yes to those who say you can't control these things - my brother is (still) known to his School friends as LuLu, which is nothing like his name. No one has a clue where it came from.

Great name

It's his name, if he wants it to be JJ it'll be that. Speaking as a teacher, kids do talk about middle names and most know the middle name of at least their best friend.

My son’s initials are J.J...he’s never been called JJ. In fact in all the years of teaching I have only known one JJ so I really don’t think it will be an automatic abbreviation. Especially if you’ve never called him it prior to school. It’s a nice name :)

I meant that we won't abbreviate it to JJ, at least while he's little. Of course it's his name! If he decided he wanted to go by any name I'd obviously completely respect that. A previous poster said that school friends would shorted it to JJ and I was only questioning whether his friends would even know his middle name. I know very few of my friends middle names.

Anyway, obviously he can go by what he likes but we (his parents) won't be abbreviating it! (Unless he one day asks us otherwise). Jeez!

Lovely name!

I am considering a name with first and middle both starting with "C" but am worried about the nn CeeCee as it's really twee.. JJ wouldn't be awful if he decided to go with that later on. I appreciate you'd call him Joel (which is really nice).

I hope that made sense...

Big thumbs up. Two of my favourite boys names.

Nice

My ex was Bradley James Stott - he got BJ a lot at school. So yeah, JJ totally possible.

Lovely

I think it’s a really good name

Joel is a great name. Joel Hughes... Nice.

Lovely. As you say middle names are rarely known or used but I love Joel.

Love it. I’d go for Joel if I have a boy if it wasn’t DH’s name! Always thought it’s a cute name for a little boy but also good strong name when grown up too.

Thumbs up from me.

Joel Hughes doesn't sound as good

It’s ok but it’ll be jj for sure as a nickname

Joel Hughes doesn’t sound very strong

Jacob Hughes does

I’d go Jacob Hughes - loose the Joel and use a family name for a middle name

I really like Joel I heard it on a little bit this week (he was about 3) and thought it was sweet

I think it sounds fine. I really like both names.