John? Or an Irish name?

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Hello everyone. Baby number 2 due in a few weeks. What do people think of John as a name? It doesn't seem to have come back like a lot of the other older names and I don't know why. Is it a bit boring? DD has a common Irish name (living in England) and we cant really think of an Irish boy's name that we like...which leads us to John which is a family name. Thoughts please?

I really like John and hope it makea a comeback. Lovely classic name.

Irish name!

John Joseph shortened to Jonjo? Although I prefer Eoin or Shane.

I like John, I think our boys name is going to be Cillian but unsure if we will change this to Killian

@Si1ver

How about Eoin, that ties through to John as it also means Sean in Gaelic

It doesn't really flow with our surname. I do like it though.

Gah name change fail again 🤣

@eggandonion

John Joseph shortened to Jonjo? Although I prefer Eoin or Shane.

PLEASE reclaim Jonjo. I will die of delight if there emerges an array on mini-hipster Jonjos.

I love the name John, my fathers name! We have twins with Irish names, Conor and Ruairí.
Go with your heart on it! It’s their name forever!

Not Jonjo sorry! I like Cillian but DH doesn't. Conor same. Can't use Ruairi as best friend has one.

We've sorted out the namechange fail for you and we're also moving this to the Baby Names topic area as well.

I like John, but it seems a shame not to have an Irish name if you're both Irish.

I love (and have one of these, so don't say they're all hideous or I'll cry )

Seamus
Fionn
Rory
Fergus
Cormac

I love John - a classic, simple, strong sounding name and I think it's really underused now but somehow doesn't feel like an "old man" name to me the way some very traditional names do.

But I'd be hesitant if by "family name", you mean living in the same household - only because I think having the same name on post is annoying! If it's wider family, it doesn't matter so much - he could be known as Jack, Jackie, Johnny, Jonno, Jay etc if there was any confusion for other relatives.

I love John as a name.

I will actively campaign for Jonjo on threads where Jonathan is being shortened to Jonty.
My neighbours have cian, Shane and Seamus and Evan.

Johnny

So cool

I love the name John. Classic and strong. There are variations like Evan & Euan too

John is excellent

Such a refreshing name to hear these days

The next generation will not see the name as we once did, it's a great choice

Great name.

Love it

We're probably going to name our boy Jonathan shortened to Jon
(Such a solid name in my opinion obviously)

I like John, it's relatively unusual these days.

It’s a shame Eoin doesn’t flow with your surname. John is a solid boys name though, Ivan is another variation. Or maybe Tadhg? Just because it’s my favourite Irish boys name🍀

John is a good name and it would be fabulous to have that family name connection. Eoin is also a good choice.

Ooh just seen a PP suggested Fionn - beautiful name

Ds was at baby group with a johnHenry
He was also at school with a john.
They are late teens now.
John is a traditional royal name. In fact john and his brothers were named after kings.
King john was not the nicest IIRC?
Anyway, it's a perfectly good name. Easy to learn to spell/write
I personally wouldn't use it as john made ds life hell through junior school.
I like Jonathan, shortened to jon. I have a lovely uncle jon.