Is Jane boring?

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

A bit. What about Jayna or Jana or Janette?

Love Nina by the way.

Yes, sorry. Nina is really cool. I think Emma, Grace, Beth, Alice, Lily, Rose, Lucy are all nicer with Nina.

No. Jane is one of the lovely classic names. It's beautiful.

Jane is a really nice name that no one uses much anymore. Probably will be due for a comeback once all the Janes/Jaynes/Janeys born in the 40s/50s die off.

ShortSilentNight I agree, why would you really not get a name as it wasn’t perceived it “went” with your siblings name

Jane is a classic name, hard to shorten- though many seem to want to give nn for Jane

I think it’s as interesting name as Anna, of which there are thousands, and as beautiful a name as Nina

Go for it

Love Jane. And "Janey/Janie" as a nickname.

I've only known quite 'difficult' people with the name Jane - and that is putting it politely. No - it's not a nice name, when there are so many pretty girls' names to choose from.

(Really surprised by people saying Jane is boring, use Alice, Grace or Lily instead. I mean, all perfectly nice names, but they do not stand out at all. Jane is unusual for a baby right now)

It’s the middle name for just about every girl born in the 70s and early 80s so always feels like a hugely overdone “middle” to me.
That being said...I think it’s a nice clean simple name and not too cutesy. I agree with pp that perhaps it would sound nicer to the younger generation. (I also think plain Jane superbrain....but then... didn’t she end up stunning everyone with her beauty in an ugly duckling-style turnaround?)

John and Jane both boring IMO. But that is my opinion and you would probably think the names I like are too out there.

I like Jane but agree once combined with Nina it will be seen as ‘plain Jane’. Op put it perfectly ‘you used you best name Nina and the. Ran out of ideas’ type reasoning.
That wouldn’t apply if you had a Jane followed by say a Catherine. Or the other way around.

Good luck

What about Janey

I really like it, simplicity can be so beautiful.

Another Jane here and I don't like my name either. I get called Janie a lot which I prefer.

I love Jane - it's a simple, classic name that makes me think of strong, witty women like Jane Austen.

I'm a Jane, I love the name and there are not too many of us about.

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I've only known quite 'difficult' people with the name Jane - and that is putting it politely. No - it's not a nice name, when there are so many pretty girls' names to choose from.

You’ve just reminded me of the fact that a lot of Jane’s I knew were nicknamed “Jane the Pain”!

I personally don't know any small Janes, but I know two toddlers called Joan. I think Joan is cool.

Otherwise, I'd go for an equivalent like Siân probably

So boring, I come from a generation where Jane was a common middle name and I don't know anyone who likes it. The Janes I know hate having it as a first name too.

Nina is very chic and in a totally different vein in my opinion.

Jane will not be boring at all to the next generation
I think we forget to put ourselves in their shoes. No one is ever called Jane anymore

I think it’s lovely and not that common anymore

I've middle name. But makes me think plain Jane

It is yes, but that's not a bad thing.
My daughters are Anna and Elizabeth....also boring. But that's what I wanted. Understated. Normal. Timeless.

Jane is perfectly lovely and bet she'll be the only one at school/class which makes it sort of interesting :)

Hmmmmmm....sorry, yes, I think it is bland compared to Nina!

Jean? I love Jean!!

Ooooor, more classic, maybe Catherine, Emma, Anna, Elizabeth, Alexandra?