If you are my friend on Facebook, you may have seen the title of this post as a status update. I am in quite a bind this time around with naming this unborn little sweet thing. If it is a girl, we may be okay. We can somewhat agree on girl names. If it is a boy, there isn’t such a positive outlook.
It started nearly 5 years ago with the birth of my son, John. Johnny (as we call him) was named after my dad and his name was never a question. I knew what I wanted it to be from the second I found out he was a boy. A girl name at that time was more difficult. With Joley, I was picking names I liked and Joley was that I immediately fell in love with. I had a few names that I was interested in and even a boy name. Now though, things are different.
I have two “J” babies. I want to keep the same letter now for this baby. In addition, I 
have a few hang-ups about names. I like names that can’t be shortened or are already short. For example, I would prefer to name my child Zach than Zachary. That is a bit different if I really like the longer name but, in general, that is my feeling. As you can imagine, this creates some difficulties.
It isn’t like there are a shortage of “J” names. There are a lot. The problem is that they are either too similar to what we already have (like Joel for a boy is too close to Joley) or they are just not my style. In addition, some names sound too “nicknamey” even though we like them as a name.
I know we won’t be able to please everyone with the name we choose… I would just like to be pleased myself. Again, I am thinking naming babies is overrated. My hope is that once we find out what we are having for sure (in about 8-9 weeks) we will be able to make a decision better but I will not be holding my breath on that one.
It is very hard.
If I had a boy and had to name him with a J name, I would pick
Josiah
Jensen
Jace
James
Lots of names! Good luck choosing.
I’m sure you know about all of these, but some J names I like are:
James (Jamie is not a bad nickname for a young boy)
Jeremiah (I know you don’t like long ones, but this one rolls off the tongue somehow).
Jered
Jesse
Jonah / Jonas
Jordan (Jory is one shortened form)
Joshua (Josh)
Josiah / Josias (like Josiah Bartlet on the West Wing!)
Jedidiah (Jed)
Julian (often shortened to Jules)
I also like Jerome & Jan, but I doubt that those are very popular with most people.
Thanks for the suggestions! There are a few there that I do like. I liked Josh for a long time but hubs isn’t fond of it. I recently taken a liking to Josiah but again, not good for both of us. You mentioned Jed… and I loooove Jeb but I am the ONLY one. lol ugh It better be a girl.
Funny I’m reading this today of all days! My SIL is in labor with my nephew Julian!!! I’m so excited! =)
How exciting! I hope everything went well!
I have the same problem. Picking out a name this time has proven to be very difficult. We have all J’s also but completely by accident. My name, Jessica. My husband, Joe and my son, Jude. We are having another boy and purposefully didn’t want to choose another J name which also proved to be difficult. (I also don’t like names that can be shortened.) I think we finally found one but that could change. (Only a few more weeks to figure out!)
I like the name Jude actually. That was on my list but my hubs veto’d it. lol
Good luck to you!