Jean or Joan

[tummytickler]

So which do you prefer?
To match siblings Iris, Pearl, Amos and Eli.
I like one the best, and dh likes the other!

jean

oooh both are not good

along with

barbara

patricia

june

audrey

valerie

JEAN

But as my mum has said to us under no circumstance was i ti inflict her name on any child of ours.

As you can see she hates her name Joan .

Mind you the only Gene i know is my uncle.

My first thought was Jean, but Joan is also nice, perhaps a more serious name? Jean is more playful, fun. Depends what you are after...

No and no

Out of the two, Joan. Prefer Jane though, many think it dull but I think it's enough out of fashion to be good. Although I wouldn't use it with the names you already have.

Rowan?

Jean

(Though this is nfluenced by being a massive P J Harvey fan (Polly Jean)

or Betsy, I like that too. Prefer Rowan though.

I really like your other daughter's names but Jean and Joan just aren't as pretty I'm afraid.
I like Audrey as suggested by a pp

Jean = thin old lady with hair dyed old lady brown and with cat's bum mouth and a colostomy bag. Jean suffers from depression and calls it the menopause, despite the fact that she won't see 70 again. Lives on her own and has a faint whiff of wee about her person.

Joan = fat old lady with hair dyed brassily blonde, red lipstick and fat feet squashed into unsuitable shoes. Always first on the floor when the Birdie Song or Agadoo come on at the Over Sixties Club Christmas party. Best friends with Madge.

Mrs Schadenfreude - do you know my MIL?

No - what about Johanna or Jacquetta or something. I can't imagine a baby called Jean or Joan.

there's a poem we learned at school many years ago about naming the baby which has the line "Joan's too formal for a woman". Make of that what you will!

Califrau - do you have something against 47 y-o office workers? My name isn't Joan

Neither sorry. They both sound quite harsh imho.

I like Jean. Jeannie is v cute!

I don't like Joan at all.

Ooooh, what about Gina

Absolutely neither. Old lady names and not in a good way. Very dull and boring. Sorry! The other names are lovely, Joan and Jean aren't in my opinion.

You've got some biblical boys names there - I actually like Martha as a girls name and my all time favourite is one I found doing my family tree. One of my female ancestors in the very early 1800s was called Anstice. Unusual but I like it. She was from Somerset so I'm not sure if it was popular elsewhere.

And MrsSchadenfreude, I don't know any Joans like you describe. The only Joans I know are friends of my mothers and they are grey, dull little ladies without a hint of peroxide, make up or lipstick. Like her friends called Jean actually. Never picked up the smell of wee but I never get that close

Jean for me but both FAB

My first instinct is that I much prefer Joanto Jean. I suppose it's always based upon the people you've known with those names. They are all in their 60s -80's. The Joans I've known have been more cultured than the Jeans, if that makes any difference.

Neither, old names.

love both, and very seiously considered Joan for dd, but dh wasn't keen. she's Hero, which does absolutely suit her btw.
my younger sister, who is super cool, has bagsied Jean for her future dd.

how about

Joni (joan-y)

I know it's not what you asked but I prefer June to Joan or Jean.

I like Joan better. I can see it being very popular in a decade or so. Also really love Audrey.