Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:41     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
We used to joke about Jean-Paul Sexuelle, ze ski instructaire.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:40     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
Anonymous wrote:Are you Catholic? It's the name of the former pope, now saint. I would think you were a great admirer of his and Catholic.

Also has whiff of JonBenet to me. Unless you're French or French Canadian, a double name with John seems an odd choice.

We are Catholic.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:36     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
I would definitely assume Catholic. Or possibly huge Beatles fan.

I don’t like double barreled names. I would do them as first name, middle name.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:34     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
Anonymous wrote:The hyphen will be troublesome on plane tickets, boarding passes, stuff that has to mstch ID.
Call him John Paul George. Paul is middle name but you can always say it as one name.


John Paul George is a great name if your last name happens to be Ringo!
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:32     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
Anonymous wrote:It's nice to see a post about a boy's name for once. Majority of posts on DCUM are about girl's names for some reason. You'd think every DCUMer only has daughters.

Anyway, I like John-Paul. I do wonder if the hyphen would cause issues with legal documents. I wouldn't want to deal with the hassle. You might want to take that into consideration.

That is because it is more socially acceptable to give girls unconventional (and sometimes ridiculous) names. People mostly stick to classic names for boys, so there isn't all that much to discuss. Male names are considered "boring".
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:32     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
The hyphen will be troublesome on plane tickets, boarding passes, stuff that has to mstch ID.
Call him John Paul George. Paul is middle name but you can always say it as one name.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:31     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
Anonymous wrote:I know an Evangelical family with boys John and Paul. Makes sense if you’re going for the apostles vibe.


John and Paul are going to be popular names in many Christian denominations. But Paul was not an apostle.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:30     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
I love the sound of it. I agree it comes across as very Catholic, and a specific type of Catholics. I'm Catholic, but wouldn't use it because I am not a fan of Saint Pope JPII, because of his handling of child sexual abuse.

Another combination that is I love John Luke. I wish John Thomas didn't have a slang meaning, but it does.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:29     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
I know an Evangelical family with boys John and Paul. Makes sense if you’re going for the apostles vibe.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:27     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
Anonymous wrote:Not a fan. Plus it will peg him as super Christian.


No, it will peg him as Catholic. It sounds like a Pope.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:27     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
Are you Catholic? It's the name of the former pope, now saint. I would think you were a great admirer of his and Catholic.

Also has whiff of JonBenet to me. Unless you're French or French Canadian, a double name with John seems an odd choice.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:26     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
Not a fan. Plus it will peg him as super Christian.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:19     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
It sounds like a Catholic schoolboy turned college frat bro who exclusively goes by JP and is kind of d*uchey. 🤷🏼‍♀️
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:15     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
It's nice to see a post about a boy's name for once. Majority of posts on DCUM are about girl's names for some reason. You'd think every DCUMer only has daughters.

Anyway, I like John-Paul. I do wonder if the hyphen would cause issues with legal documents. I wouldn't want to deal with the hassle. You might want to take that into consideration.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2025 18:13     Subject: Thoughts on John-Paul?
What do we think of John-Paul? I'm a big fan of traditional double first names and think it would be perfect. DH says that it has been growing on him.