Honest opinion on siblings named Joey and John (Johnny)

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Anonymous wrote:Why the need to add the -y? No need to cutify things. Sound ok for a little kid but not a nickname for older kids.

Presumably the kid will be little when he's born. That's a pretty common situation.

But nicknames stick for a while. I still remember a teacher in high school telling a kid it was time to go by rob not robbie? if she did that these days she’d be crucified.

I’m pushing 60, and I still can’t rid of my cutesy childhood nickname that ends with an “i”.

I'm curious, when you went off to college how did you introduce yourself to others? When you started your first job?

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Anonymous wrote:OP back again- thanks for all of the responses! I do like John on its own way better than I like Joe on its own so maybe I will make a point to not revert to "Johnny" the first few months and force myself to just say "John" and it will stick. I have a tendency to use nicknames/diminuitives (I can't spell that word sorry) so I know that saying "Johnny" is going to come more naturally to me with a baby.

I appreciate the dissenter, too, it made me feel like I wasn't totally crazy for feeling this way- thanks!

But I also really appreciate how no one else seems to think it matters because maybe that will make me just chill out and drop the issue.

Even writing this response makes me realize I am legit crazy on pregnancy hormones to even care this much and write this much, so that's something too.

Just call him sweetie pie or something else instead of Johnny.

And congrats!

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OP, Joey and Johnny is fine. If you like nickname, give it to them both. What happen when the little Joey or John asks you why he doesn't have a nickname and vice versa. Do you want to tell them that DCUM persuaded you to do so?

Go with your instinct and name the little boy, Johnny. You/he can change it in middle/high school or college, whatever.

People are going to judge you, regardless. Joey and Johnny is your naming style, and you need to stand up for it.

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Anonymous wrote:I like them much better than the pretentious Jacks, Finns, Aidens, Henrys, and Liams.

How is Jack or Henry pretentious?

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Maybe it's just me but I know a family with 2 kids with similar matchy -Y sounding nicknames and i always mix the kids up and call one the other's name.

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I think it's fine - we have a John and he is sometimes Johnny, but John John was another nickname he got at school and I prefer now use that.

Mh was worried about using the name James b/c of Jimmy Johns, not that we'd have used the nn Jim.

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Anonymous wrote:I knew a family with a Joey, Jimmy, and Johnny, and then they had a fourth boy. His name was something like Daniel. I always thought he must feel left out!

But I think it's fine. I assume they'll have formal names that sound a little more different (e.g. Joseph and John). Both are such great names!

Thank you! Yes, they will officially be Joseph and John. I just keep imagining the Duggars when I say "Joey and Johnny" in my head... but I'm hoping it's just pregnancy anxiety nonsense.

Joseph and John are nice names. Not even common these days. Joey and Johnny are cute!

Ok that’s not true. Joseph was #19 on the latest SS name list, right behind Henry. John was #27. Both names still quite common. Nice names though. I considered both names but had a girl.

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Don’t do it. It sounds totally Jersey Shore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why the need to add the -y? No need to cutify things. Sound ok for a little kid but not a nickname for older kids.

Presumably the kid will be little when he's born. That's a pretty common situation.

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I think it's fine. But I prefer Jonathan to John for the full name.

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I think it's fine. But I don't like Johnny. Just call your kids John or John John or even Jay for short.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok, I'll be the first to disagree.

I think they are pretty matchy, and I say my kids names together all the time.

Same.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t do it. It sounds totally Jersey Shore.

I think Joey sounds Jersey Shore, but maybe that's because one side of my family is Italian from Jersey, and I have a cousin named Joey (still called Joey, at least by family despite being 50-something). It also reminds me of Joey from Friends (although they were NY Italian not Jersey Italian).

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I think all variation of the names are absolutely cute and adorable.