Joseph?

[GhoulsAreLoud]

What do you think of this, and if we use Joseph James will some people call him JJ?

Thanks ladies, you know there used to be a time when hearing the name made me near hysterical, it's almost funny that 8 years down the line I'm in a place I never thought I could be, and able to smile on hearing it.

Ghouls have we helped you decide on Joseph/JJ?

It's my DS's middle name, it's lovely and classic.

Great big, biased thumbs up from me to. It's a beautiful name.

My eldest is Joseph and I love it. Now he's a teenager prefers to be called Joe. Like MrsWillis I decided way before I had kids if I had a boy that would be his name.

love joseph.
none of mine are called joseph but when ds2 was about 3 days old i said joseph instead of his name.the nurse said oh i thought his name was tom.i said it is and ten minutes later did the same thing.dh wondeered who i was on about,i kept doing it.....sorry waffling.

i need a fish called joseph.

Very nice name. Very popular at the moment - there are 6 Josephs in ds2's year group (6 out of 23 boys) so it's well used but maybe won't be so popular by the time your ds is born.

i have one.

he is now called joe by all but me

Joseph is one of my very favourite names... my other two favourite names are those of DD and DS2

display... I think that's quite unusual.. there is only one in my school,one in DD's and none in DS2's. There are a few at DS1's uni though!

I have always assumed it is one of those names that is forever popular because when ds1 started school, in a totally different part of the country, he also knew 4 Josephs in his preschool class alone!
I think it's a lovely name but having known so many Josephs it ruled it out for us tbh.

THanks all, popularity doesn't bother me in the slightest - DD has a top ten name so it doesn't put me off.

I think we'll definitely go for Joseph James if we have a boy, find out 2 weeks tomorrow so if it's a girl I'll probably be back here again.

I have a Joseph John, and he's only ever been Joe to me.

my sister has a Jonathan James and he is a JJ, but that's what she wanted him to be, IYSWIM. I think it would be down to you what you wanted him to be known as.

Will check back to see what you're having!!

joseph is a good name
i'm actually struggling to find a name for my son who is due soon, because i already used my favourite name (joseph) for my older boy!

I have a joseph paul.

Love it good strong solid name.

tbh rather than JP, DS is called JoeJoe or Joey (but usually JoeJoe.)

as I like to think - your child your choice, if you don't want him to be called JJ when he's a bit older then correct people, (but then i'm a bit anal on that lol)