Is Jane boring?

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Is Jane boring, and does it sound ok with sister Nina?

I really like it at think it's nice with Nina.

what about janey? It was my aunt's name and she was very glamourous and elegant.

@Vursayles

Lazy?! It’s a lovely, classic beacon in a sea of modern identikit names which really are boring as they’re so common! I’m really surprised by all the negative opinions.

Yes, lazy, in my opinion. I wasn’t by any means suggesting Ava, Isabelle etc. But there are plenty of names that aren’t anywhere near as dull nor are they as overused - Claudia for example as a pp suggested is a great name, Esther is another, Hilary, Antonia, Ruth, Imelda, Louisa, Petra, Rosalind, Tess, Frances...there’s loads of non-identikit, non-flowery, less boring, currently underused names if one actually thinks about it. I’ve genuinely never met a Jane that likes their name. Quite often “oh, I’m just plain Jane” with almost an apology for their name is how they introduce themselves which I find very sad.

sorry I spelled it wrong! jaynie

I prefer Janey but Jane is nice as well

I really love the name Jane....why should it have the boring label? I prefer the spelling with a y...Jane. I also love Janey....but maybe I've read too many Jilly Cooper novels!!

Sorry I think it’s very plain.

How about:

Lara
Anya
Tessa
Erin

**Jayne....blooming autocorrect

I love Jane. So lovely to hear on a little one too!

Love Jane! Or Joan.

I really like Jane

How about Wren?

How about Jenna and Nina

I like Jane/ Jayne

And Jaynie / Jayna

Nina was my girl name.

What about Edith or Astrid?

Jane is a dull follow up to Nina.

I have Jane as a middle name and I often wondered what was the point, I don’t particularly like it. It seemed to be used as a popular middle name back in the seventies.

But if you like it then use it!

Having said that, I prefer Jane to Nina personally.

Love it, I always wanted to be called Jane or Jane or Janie!

I have a truly boring name myself and wouldn't put Jane in the same category, there's not that many of them and it sounds beautiful but strong at the same time.

Very boring I’m afraid. And I don’t think it goes particularly well with Nina. Alice or similar would be better.

Jane is sometimes a shortened nickname form of Jenifer which is nice

It’s lovely and goes well with Nina. Janie is cute as a nn.

If you like it, I wouldn’t worry what other people think. Be confident in your choice of name. People will always have different opinions on names.

It is a lovely simple name. I prefer it to Nina.

I like Jane. Also like the names Beth, Ruth, Eve and Anne. Simple gentle sounding names, but also names that have been around for a long time, names everyone knows how to read/say. No gimmicks.

Jane is a lovely name.

I don’t fully understand the concern about sibling names “going well” together either. I mean I get why we all instinctively consider it — but if you take a step back it’s not really very rational, right? For most people the majority of their life will be spent as an independent adult, not facing the world in company with a sibling all the time.

It just doesn’t seem like reason enough to rule out a name you otherwise like.