Thoughts on Joan?

[WhiskyCollins]

Stuggling to decide on a name for my week old baby girl!

Nothing on the pre-birth shortlist quite works.

Looking for something short - frilly or overly feminine girls names aren’t my taste and her surname will be double barrelled.

I like Niamh, Tess, Erin and Joan but there’s just something about Joan that is drawing me in. Interested to hear other thoughts and if people are seeing/meeting many baby Joans these days?

I don’t think all names come back. The names that have come back are the pretty ones. Phyllis is far too close to Phallus for my liking!

Mum was christened (born 1935) Edith Joan but hated the Edith. So everyone knew her as Joan, even her bills were addressed to Joan. Its an old fashioned name but is having a revival thanks to Black Mirror (Joan is Awful episode).

I considered Joan when I was pregnant but alas I had a boy! I love it!

Like it and think she’s probs get joannie which is lovely !

It’s gorgeous! Love it

My daughter’s best friend at daycare is Joanie! They are both 4. I think it’s very cute

I have a relative whose name is spelled Joan, but pronounced Joanne.
It's caused her endless problems- no idea why her parents did that.

There are a few Joanie/Jonis knocking about but no critical mass if you look at baby name lists.

I think Joan is cute.

I'm a home carer.
Three of the old women I support are called Joan

I prefer Joanne, but if you love the name then go for it.

I love it (and Jean and Jane)

I love Joan. I can imagine a cool indie Joan

A perfectly nice name. All those saying it's a bit old-fashioned, or similar, are correct but such names come back in style and it just needs a few parents to start the ball rolling.
Go with it if you (and partner) like it.

The last thing I'd want is a 'cute' name.
Joan is pretty dowdy anyway. But there are far worse tbf.

I agree with the pp, it sounds dowdy. Erin is very pretty.

I think it’s a cool, indie name. Quite a few good Joans - Joan Cusack as well as others mentioned above. It’s strong and Joanie is cute for a child.

Frumpy. Joanie is ok, marginally better. Joanna is nicer.

I know 2 who are much younger than 90.I like it.

I don't like Erin.

Because maybe pretty isn’t the priority?

I love Joan, it’s a wonderfully strong name and has nickname opportunities if your daughter does decide she would prefer to be a JoJo or Joanie.

I'm a (younger) Joan. I hate it. Always have. It rhymes with Groan, and reminds people of their least favourite auntie. I ditched it as soon as I could.

Americans can get away with it, with Joan Baez and Armatrading and Joanie Mitchell as points of reference, but no one has ever raised them to me, in this country. It's better than Ethel, but
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I think Joan is really lovely.

It’s a very bla name. There’s a reason Buffy chose it as her name when she lost her memories, she subconsciously wanted to be irrelevant, and Joan was the perfect name for that.

How about Jill, @WhiskyCollins .

Joan is a great name.

I quite like it . It’s simple and feminine and will not be common in her age group . It will definitely come back into fashion at some stage because it is pretty. Niamh was a very very common name in Ireland back when I was a child but it has gone out of fashion here in recent years also .