Joey

[BeKindBeYou]

What’s your thoughts on this name for a boy?

I’m liking it more & more recently

I think it’s adorable. Would it be Joey or Joseph with the nn Joey?

Boswell springs to my mind.
Or a kangaroo.
My ds has Joseph as a mn after a relative.
Seems OK for a baby but too wet for an adult.

Joseph, with nn Joey is cute.

Cute. I’d use Joseph on the birth certificate though.

As a nickname for Joseph it’s nice, i wouldn’t use it on its own

Love it

I love it! Got to be a nickname for Joseph though as others have said.

My first thought was Joey Tribbiani from Friends or Joey Bettany from the Chalet School stories.

It’s fine as a nn for Joseph but not as a full name - it’s a baby Kangaroo! (It’s also nasty slang for someone with cerebral palsy or similar conditions, and you still occasionally hear that, unfortunately.)

DD suggested Joey for her baby brother yesterday actually. I like it a lot.

How YOO doin' 😏

Joe or Joseph surely would be the name. Joey is a nickname

My Uncle Jobe gets Joey at times.

Joey is a fine name for a budgerigar.

I agree with @Words budgie was the first thing that came to mind!
Joe or Joseph is ok but Joey is awful.

Joey was a very offensive insult when I was at school

Agree with dinahdishes - was used as an insult in a horrifically offensive way - another way of calling someone a spastic (I’m sorry to write that word and please be assured I never use it)

It was due to Joey Deacon who had cerebral palsy and appeared on TV and it was in the 70’s / 80’s (I think) when generally people thought taking the piss out of disabled people was perfectly acceptable.

It should be a lovely name but it’s tarnished in my view because of the association.

I know a little boy Joey and like it. I prefer Joel though.

Doesn't share food!

Or a baby kangaroo.

I'd find a less cute name for the birth certificate.

I think there are too many vowels in Joey and it also reminds me of Joie, the buggy!

I know a young Joey. I dislike the name strongly.

My child is Joseph. As soon as he went to school it was shortened to Joey. But at secondary school it is Joe. He dislikes Joey because he says it is babyish.

Joseph on the birth certificate and then if he ends up as prime minister one day, he'll have a professional name to see him through. Joey as a nn is OK but too casual to be taken seriously as an adult. For eg. Joey from Fiends.

“There will never be a President Joey”

I have a Joseph and have always bee adamant that his name would not be shortened to Joey. Joe, fine. I hate Joey. I know an adult Joey and one 7yo who has it as a NN. Still horrible though.