Jean

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So, we keep coming back to the name Jean - we love it, but what worries me is it will suddenly shoot up in popularity and become 'trendy' and so date really quickly. I know loads of names will date a child, but I dont want a very decade specific name (such as Isla, Esme, Darcy etc - popular really quickly).
What do you think? It goes beautifully with other dc's, love Jeannie, but don't want a super popular/trendy name and we have lots of others we also like (Miriam, Juniper, Mildred, to name a couple).
Thanks

Was going to say Jean was ok but having seen the other options Jean is bloody marvellous. Apart from Miriam the others are horrible.

My middle name is Jeanne - named after my grandmother.

I was named after both my grandmothers - and my first name was considered so old-fashioned at the time, that my parents gave me Jeanne as a middle name in case I wanted to use that instead. My first name is Isobel. Goes to show how fashions change.

Jean is no worse than any of the old-lady names coming back, and IMO is far preferable to likes of Ivy and Pearl.

I love Jeannie. I think its popularity is bound to rise a bit but it will be much more gradual. I don't think it is self-consciously trendy like say dulcie or Edith. I like those names, but I hope you know what I mean. Jeannie is a name that would rise and fall more gradually than say, Esme has done.

magaly - that is just what I mean - i tried to go with names that are used reasonably well all of the time, a peak in popularity would not bother me - but I wouldn't want something like Esme where there were 5 one year and 3 billion the next (lovely as it is).
I want to steer away from trendy as I accidently got a bit too trendy for my liking with dd's (Iris and Pearl), although i still love the names and they both have meaning for us - as does Jean.
But dd's names seem to be quite popular now (although I am yet to meet another and I work with on average 10 newborns a day!), but people on here say they are!

Only if said with a French accent. Jeanne is lovely and very popular/chic in France at the moment. Much better than Lilou that's for sure.

Jean is a great name, Joan is nice too.

Remember Jean Gray from the X-Men?

Beautiful name

Jean was my my mum's name and DD is Polly Jean so I love it! I don't think it will ever get as super-popular as the other 'old-lady chic' names as it's not quite as immediately pretty as names like Ruby, Grace, Pearl etc.

Mildred is so horrible -- and I know one who was saddled with named Mildred just so she could be called Millie. Why oh why?

There are other names that can be shortened to Dillie, Magdalena for one, others have been mentioned on this thread.

Juniper Jean sounds vaguely like a character from an old comic.

I like Jeanne, French accent, and love Miriam. Jean reminds me of Billie Jean, so quite an American vibe.

My sister is called Jean and I don't think she likes it much. Jeans abound in our family due to the Scottish surname.
I have never ever seen it as chic-more 40s curlers and headscarf. Still we all have different perceptions.

OK but not to my taste I am afraid, The only name from your list I love is Miriam.