Baby name what do you think

[2littlegirls12]

Hey everyone, just wondered what u thought of the name Emily with middle name Jo?
Our surname is 3 syllables and is quite a mouthful so didn’t want anything too complicated!
Jo is after a male family member but thought going for Joanne was a bit much...
Please let me know your thoughts!
We didn’t want too common a first name....

Thanks in advance x

I think it’s fine. I do prefer Joanna or Josephine though.

Emily is nice, particularly if you have a tricky middle name. I might choose Josephine or Joan or Joanne for the middle name, but Jo is nice and simple too.

Emily is a very common name though.

I think Emily Jo sounds great! Really pretty English rose vibe. I think people might think Jo is short for something, but doesn't really matter.

Thanks ladies. Yes Emily is more common than we would like... the other possible is Georgia but OH doesn’t like....

Emily is extremely common and really dull. But if you do like it, it goes with Jo well.

If you don't want too common a name, I think you've chosen badly. Emily is very commonly used.

Emily is a beautiful name! Love it. It's number 11 in the charts so depends what you were expecting
That said, it's numbers are consistently falling so the name will probably fall outside the top 15 or top 20 by the time the next official statistics are released

Nice names.

I like both names.

I'd use Josephine nn Jo/Joss/Josie as first name, if you are honouring a Joe short for Joseph.

Emily Jo Surname is nice.

I wouldn't worry about middle names too much (although like a pp I much prefer Josephine; it's still nice to honour a family member and Jo is okay).

Emily is also pleasant enough - it's not my personal taste (prefer the sound of Emilia) but although Emily's popular, it's a classic name and a safe choice that won't date and suits all ages. I prefer it to Georgia which has a slightly dated 90's vibe to me (although there's nothing wrong with that as such!).

I'd be tempted to go for Emilia Josephine...

Sorry but it is a bit dull and lacks imagination

Thanks everyone.
Back to the drawing board!!

I think it's lovely

I'm generally not a fan of nicknames, but in the middle spot it's ok. Emily is a great name.

I'd prefer:

Emily Joanna
Emily Josephine
Or
Emily Jane
Emily Jocelyn
Emily Joy

I think its a lovely name, I know people like opinions but its important that you love it, doesnt really matter what anybody else thinks. X

Emily is very common. I think it’s been in the top 10 for 40 years. I’m not wildly keen but it’s fine. Josephine or Joanna or Joanne are better than Jo. I strongly dislike Georgia.

Emily is lovely. If prefer Joanne or Jocelin but Jo is pretty good too.

I think Emily Jo is quite sweet.

You could also go for the French version Emilie - normally I dislike alternative spellings but I do like that.

If you think it's too common what about a double barrel name ? Emily-Rose , Emily-Grace or as mentioned french spelling Emilie-Rose, Emilie-Grace ? X

emily is beautiful - i think the jo part needs to be a bit longer?

emily joanna?
emily joanne?

OP, don't let people on here put you off a name!

I think Emily Jo is really sweet.

I wasn’t as keen as OH on it to be honest...struggling with names this time! With DD we picked one before we knew we were having a girl!