Which of these two?

[Blursula]

Think we have narrowed it down to these two. Which do you prefer? Thanks

Leo
Jonah

Big brother is Laurie.

Other names on our shortlist were Seth, Sacha, Joah (rhymes with Noah) and Casper.

Jonah.

Lovely name. 'Goes' better with Laurie and anyway there are so many Leos now...

Leo. But I’m not keen on siblings starting with the same letter. Never Jonah in a million years. I like Casper from the other names. Sacha is nice too.

I like Jonah, nice biblical name!

Jonah - much nicer and more unusual than Leo, and goes better with Laurie imo.

Love Laurie btw - it would be a strong contender if we ever had a DS.

I’m baffled why people think Jonah goes with Laurie. They are very different styles of names. Old Testament Jewish jinx v Christian Saint. They really jar as a pair to me.

Leo.

Jonah just because I don't like Laurie and Leo. You'll be tripping up over which one you meant to call all the time...Lolly...Lelo...

Jonah but Leo is nice too, just more popular I think

Jonah is nicer out of the first two, but I love Sacha the most by miles!

I like Jonah.

I would also not give siblings the same initial, (even if I didn't prefer Jonah over Leo).

Seth

Not Jonah, a Jonah is someone who is bad luck.

Seth is the best of a bad bunch

Jonah.

I was going to say Leo but brother Laurie makes Jonah the better choice

I like Leo very much. The association of Jonah with bad luck puts me right off.

Leo.

Jonah. Gorgeous.

Casper out of all of them. Jonah over Leo.

Seth. Sacha is short for Alexander, which I prefer.

Sacha

Jonah

Thanks all. It’s interesting as before mumsnet I had never heard of ‘a Jonah’ being used as a word to describe someone who brings bad luck. I’d heard of the whale story etc. The jinx association doesn’t bother me personally, but I’m intrigued to know if that will be the immediate thing many people think of. Is it more of an association for a slightly older generation perhaps? (No offence intended - just curious! Nobody my age seems familiar with a Jonah in this context)

@TempsPerdu thank you! We still love his name - it gets lots of compliments and we have never met another. Struggling to find any name I love as much tbh.

I love Jonah. I know loads of Leos and Jonah goes a lot better with Laurie.

I don’t think Jonah meaning jinx is something that older people only would know. I would say it is general cultural or linguistic knowledge. Jonah as a word is in any dictionary as a noun. I can’t think of many other biblical names like that - where you can say he or she is a something. Except Jezebel. Goliath. Judas.