Name Advice - be brutally honest

MrsGeek · April 2009

My DH and I cannot agree on a boy's name. We want something not very common, but not too weird either. I was looking over a website that suggests names and Joss came up. I thought that it might work since it sounds like Joshua, but not as popular. Thoughts?

userdeleted · April 2009

To me that sounds like a girl name - short for Jocelyn.

c_murf · April 2009

Girl...Joss Stone

meggiekins · April 2009

I don't like it. It sounds a little pretentious to me, and it makes me think of the singer Joss Stone, who is a woman.

chapelhillgirl · April 2009

I agree, sounds like a girl.

beachlovinbride · April 2009

Its the type of name where I would ask you to repeat it, then spell it so I could say it correctly. ?not a big fan...

jenifairies · April 2009

Joss makes me think girl, as in Joss Stone. But there's also the buffy guy, Joss Whedon...

I don't dig it.

Parks2Be · April 2009

Nope.

JAC1027 · April 2009

c_murf:
Girl...Joss Stone

This

shakespearenluv · April 2009

That is a girl's name, in my opinion. ?Now, my friend's just named their baby Jase. ?I do like that.

Tess12 · April 2009

c_murf:
Girl...Joss Stone

Boy--Joss Whedon.

I actually find Joss hard to pronounce. Unless I think about it, it comes out "Josh."

LindsayMarieG · April 2009

Ditto the PPers that say it reminds them of Joss Stone (a chick).

jilley · April 2009

My DS has a name that most people have never heard of, and is not on most baby name sites, Joren. So I like different names;) My first thought with Joss was that it was a girl's name (you said be honest!) but I actually DO like it. If you find something you and your DH both agree on, go for it, no matter what other people say! Just be prepared to say repeat it and spell it all the time. That's what we have to do. Does your DH like it?

JessMil10 · April 2009

I think girl.... like Joss Stone.

MrsGeek · April 2009

Thanks for the opinions, ladies. I don't want everyone that he meets to think, "Poor kid". LOL

Mominator · April 2009

Yeah, sorry. It's a girls name.

LoriFalce · April 2009

Joss Whedon (producer of Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse) is a Joseph who uses Joss as a nn.

And Josselin (or the French spelling Jocelyn) is actually a male name that was co-opted for girls only within the last 50 years.

ougrad1 · April 2009

When I first read it I was like, eek. But, I think it could grow on me with more thought. I could see myself friends with a cool guy name Joss :::shrug::::

Pacheco825 · April 2009

Not to fond of it but I think there are tons of worse names

Amy Schramm · April 2009

I actually really like it as a nickname- it sounds like a cool kid to me. ?It's just too nicknamey and potentially girly to be a given name to me. ?Maybe consider names it could be a NN for, like Josiah. ?

MrsGeek · April 2009

I must live under a rock --- I've never heard of Joss Stone.

lizzie53084 · April 2009

jilley:

My DS has a name that most people have never heard of, and is not on most baby name sites, Joren. So I like different names;) My first thought with Joss was that it was a girl's name (you said be honest!) but I actually DO like it. If you find something you and your DH both agree on, go for it, no matter what other people say! Just be prepared to say repeat it and spell it all the time. That's what we have to do. Does your DH like it?

Haha, I was just about to tell her about you. Good thing I read first!

Oh and I like it, but more for like a NN.

userdeleted · April 2009

nyc212:
I actually really like it as a nickname- it sounds like a cool kid to me. It's just too nicknamey and potentially girly to be a given name to me. Maybe consider names it could be a NN for, like Josiah.

Actually I agree with this, and I really like Josiah

faBriezy · April 2009

LoriFalce:
Joss Whedon (producer of Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse) is a Joseph who uses Joss as a nn.

I think of Joss Whedon, and that's a good thing. I like it, but would prefer it as a nn.

southernbelle82 · April 2009

lizzie53084 · April 2009

MrsGeek:
I must live under a rock --- I've never heard of Joss Stone.

Me needer!

rjbear21 · April 2009

Rach03k:
To me that sounds like a girl name - short for Jocelyn.

This.

BlessedMommy723 · April 2009

Rach03k:
To me that sounds like a girl name - short for Jocelyn.

This.. and it also reminds me of Joss Stone. Sorry

B* · April 2009

First thought iwas it sounds like a girl name., My BFF's name is Jocelyn and I call her Joss all the time. BUT the more I said it and thought about it...I actually like it for a boy.