Jonathan or Benjamin?

[Lora69]

Which do you prefer and why?

Jonathan Shailes
Benjamin Shailes

thanks xx

They both sound good Pushed to choose, I would say Jonathan, simply because its DPs name

How is the second name pronounced?

I really like both, but would go with Jonathan for the simple reason that there are HUNDREDS of Benjamins / Bens where we are, but I've only ever met one baby John / Jonathan.

I like and were we ever to have DS4 I'd seriously consider it!

Jonathan. Love it and not even in the top hundred names, whereas Benjamin is very popular.

Benjamin for me. Just a lovely warm name. And nice when shortened.

These were both on out list, had this baby been a boy.

Either for me. I like the fact that Jonathan is shortened to Jon without an 'h' - also Jonny without an 'h'. Not sure why I like that - probably just because to my mind John is such a bog standard name - that Jon makes it a tiny bit different.

Jonathan classier IMVHO and not as popular atm

Jonathan - with Jonny or Jonty as a nn!

Jonathan. By a mile.

Jonathan again.

I think they both the same sort of name, neither are going to make him stand out as having 'different' or 'original' parents, both are safe, nice, sensible.

Both lovely names. Benjamin is one of my all time favourites but I like Jonathan too. The only problem with Jonathan is the variety of spellings Jonathan, Jonathon, Johnathan etc whereas I prefer names with only one spelling to avoid confusion.

Bens by the Bucket here

Henry.

LMAO at MrsStig!!!

That wasnt an option! ;) hahaha,
okay, it is Jonathan between these two, and between Henry and Zachary it is Henry!

Now, one more post to decide... xx