Thoughts on Jonah?

[starrynightss]

Thinking about naming our baby boy Jonah. What do you think of it?

To be honest, it's not a name I originally would've thought of, but the reason we considered it is because it's DH's middle name. There's a sweet story behind how he told me what his middle name was way back when we were half dating/seeing each other which is why I've grown to like it.

Also my grandfathers name is John and he is terminally ill, we don't have much time left with him unfortunately. Jonah has "Jon" in it so I kind of like that it would be a subtly way of honouring him.

It keeps sticking with me whenever we try to cut it down, but maybe would it be better as a middle name?

Not keen on it. John is much nicer

@starrynightss
It's a lovely name.

It has a gentle sound as John on its own sounds a bit harsh and too grown up for a baby.

I'd go for it especially with your family connections.

lovely name.

I like it! Very nice name.

Jonah is a lovely name. 19th century sailors might believe in Jonah unlucky but no one thinks that way now, surely.

In the third Anne Shirley book, Anne Of The Island, there's a charming young man called Jonah, incidentally.

like it.

I like it, much better than Jonas IMO. And John sounds really dated to me.

Bad luck.

Couldn’t use it.

And it just sounds so gloomy.

We wanted to call our son Jonah but my nan said that it meant bad luck.

My friend (not knowing this) called her son Jonah - I love it. He is generally called'Jo' by his friends.

Gorgeous name!