First Child - Jonah?

[Lollypop0101]

So we're expecting a baby boy in a few months and have been set on the name Jonah for a bit however family and friends don't seem too keen on the name so it's making me a bit uneasy now :(

What do you think of Jonah? It will technically be a JJ as the last name will be Jones too haha.

Absolutely love the name Jonah (and my eldest has a name that starts with the same letter as our last name), but I fear Jonah Jones may be a little too close. It's not the J J so much as the "Jon-" "Jon-" - the sounds are just so similar. Sorry OP!

@Lollypop0101

So we're expecting a baby boy in a few months and have been set on the name Jonah for a bit however family and friends don't seem too keen on the name so it's making me a bit uneasy now :(

What do you think of Jonah? It will technically be a JJ as the last name will be Jones too haha.

Love Jonah ❤️

Don’t discuss with friends and family. It’s none of their business.

There's a lovely ladat my school who's called Jonah Jones. I really like the name - it rolls off the tongue really easily and sounds great said with a Welsh accent to boot!

Love Jonah but DH wouldn’t agree. Not sure I’d put it with Jones but each to their own!

I like it. Jonah is a perfectly ordinary name to me.

Jonah Jones and his dad Jack Jones.

My son's called Jonah, J for short. I love it.

A Jonah brought bad luck

I’d never call a child Jonah. It’s a word in the dictionary. Like Judas.

Absolutely love Jonah. Maybe not with Jones though

Jonah is a great name and I like the sound of Jonah Jones (and Jack Jones).

Two J Jones in the house will be a pain with mail when he gets a bit older. I messed up and my daughters have the same initials and it is annoying.

It's my nephews name and I dislike it.

I always call him Joe 🤣

Its a name I really dont like and as pps have said its meaning just wouldnt leave me. I know a Jonah and his name just never feels right to me - not that it is anything to me, and you need to go with what you like - but you asked for opinions so I thought Id add mine!

Love it, and JJ is really cute

My DS is Jonah and it suits him well. I think that Jonah Jones is fine and let's be honest how often are you actually called by your full name, he'll be Jonah to his friends, Mr Jones at formal meetings and Jonah Jones at the doctor's surgery.

let's be honest how often are you actually called by your full name,

er, quite a lot?

I mean middle names rarely make an appearance so that could be Kazoo for all the difference it would make to your day to day life, but most people get called by their first and last names pretty much daily I would say.

Tillymintpolo
"A Jonah brought bad luck"
In a story in the Bible about a Whale that regurgitated him back on the beach, let's not pretend it's a true factual story.
Harry Potter was a wizard doesn't make all Harry's magician's.
It's a bit much to dislike a name because of it's use for a fictional character and their personality traits in a story as a perception of others who bare that name might be.

Bloody love the name Jonah (Superstore fan) but I'm not sure about it with the surname. I'm half thinking it sounds really cool and half it might be awkward. Could he have a middle name?

Jonah Jones was a great Jazz musician too!

Jonah has been used for centuries by sailors as shorthand for 'bad luck', so it's not just one poster taking that meaning from the bible story. It wouldn't put me off the name if I loved it but there's no denying that it's a very old expression for sea-faring types.

I wasn’t talking about the Bible

Love Jonah
Don’t love Jonah jones
But if you do then go for it
He’ll grow into it
I wouldn’t really like jack jones for the same reasons but you do and your PIL did so why not go for it

Jonah means dove

Lovely