Jolyon

[SJFarter]

Any thoughts on this name for a boy?

As in Jolly on?

Its ok if you're terribly posh and he'll go to Eton or Harrow.

LOVE. Was on my list. Classic but not overused. Plus I'm a big fan of the Forsythe Saga.

@Saddmindeed

As in Jolly on?

Yep!

@Saddmindeed

As in Jolly on?

Its pronounced jo-leon.

Really not good

How about Jog on?

Bloody awful. Looks like combo of Joleen and Jog On.

@tillytoodles1

The person who is considering it pronounced it Jolly On. I've only ever seen it written down. We are northern though 😀

There's a lot of negativity here - it's such a fab name op.

Like Lescott?

Are you incredibly posh? In which case yes.

Names tend to be posh, then middle class and so on. Freakonomics did a thing about it.

Love it! It was on my list for ds. I'd have shortened to Joey when tiny, then Joe/Joel

@MrsTerryPratchett

Are you incredibly posh? In which case yes.

Names tend to be posh, then middle class and so on. Freakonomics did a thing about it.

Nope, we live in semi detached suburbia in the north. I think it's too posh for the likes of us but it's not my kid. I just wondered if my feeling was right, wrong, up for debate.

I think it's awful. It reminds me of the odd man who bragged about killing a fox.

It is not pronounced Jolly-on though - that's a ghastly mispronunciation

Absolutely love it!

Another Forsyte Saga fan.

(It’s absolutely unusable.)

Love it.
Would have used it but dh vetoed it.

I quite like it, but only know the Joe-Lee-on pronunciation. I’d avoid as I wouldn’t want Joe as diminutive. DH also vetoed because he thinks of a below average F1 driver.

I immediately picture Jolyon as wearing red trousers.

@IntoTheNight

It is not pronounced Jolly-on though - that's a ghastly mispronunciation

I think it will typically be pronounced Jolly On when northerners read it and then say it, if they are unfamiliar with it.

@DinaofCloud9

I think it's awful. It reminds me of the odd man who bragged about killing a fox.

I don’t actually mind the name, but yes the only person I can think of who has it is Fox Killer!

Admittedly, I wouldn’t have heard of him if I wasn’t on MN.

I find it absurdly posh. I would put it in the same category as names like Jocasta, Thomasina, Cosmo, Jonty etc.

I don’t like it. But you should go with what you like.

@IntoTheNight

It is not pronounced Jolly-on though - that's a ghastly mispronunciation

Basically if you don't use the word 'ghastly' in everyday speech, you aren't posh enough for this name.

Or wear red trousers, or hunt foxes, or so on.

Fabulous, but my first thought is Forsyte.
It's up there with Digby and Tarquin for poshness though so not usable by most, unfortunately. And it's definitely JOE-leon, not Jolly-on.