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Naming child J.B.?

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A friend has just had a baby who has been named Jana Brennan (Last Name with S).  They plan on calling her "JB" (like "Jay-Bee").  Thoughts?

 

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  • narabugnarabug member
    As a nn it's not bad. I'm just glad they didn't name her Jaybee.
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  • da731da731 member
    My friends recently named their daughter MacKenzie Jane and call her "MJ"... Both are equally bad, in my opinion.
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  • KDW9277KDW9277
    My best friends name is Jessica B****. Growing up we always called her JB. She really loved it back in high school. Everyonce in awhile she would get some jerk that would say something about BJ's but for the most part it was fine.
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  • melody921melody921 member

    imagenarabug:
    As a nn it's not bad. I'm just glad they didn't name her Jaybee.

    lol, this. But I'd just use Jana if I were them.


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  • AlphabetFishAlphabetFish member
    Don't care for it on a girl.

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  • cheese.fiendcheese.fiend member
    I think as a nickname it's fine.  If she hates it, she'll never have to write it on a school paper or introduce herself to new friends as JB!  
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  • SGC29SGC29 member
    I don't really like it but I am not big on nn's. 
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  • sunnyday016sunnyday016 member
    NMS, but I don't think it's terrible.
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  • 526SadieSadie526SadieSadie member

    I think it's kind of cute.

    Jillian Christine was a name we both liked, I wanted to call her Jaycie, then almost right after that Jaycie Dugard was found and her whole story came out.

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  • PeridotEyesPeridotEyes member
    I think it's okay. Its so common for little boys to be J.B., C.J., etc. It's kind of cute for a girl without having a boy's name as her formal given name.
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  • Ivana_StolichnayaIvana_Stolichnaya member
    JB sounds like a boy nn.  Why not just call her Jana?
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  • kerribear1717kerribear1717 member
    Eh - I really like the name Jana.  I REALLY didn't want family nick naming my kid, especially since my mom's first thought after I was pg was that we would name our kid EJ.  I didn't want any EJ, CJ, MJ, JB, nothing cute like that.  I wanted to use his name.
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  • g00dg0llymsm0llyg00dg0llymsm0lly
    I think Jana is pretty, why use JB?
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  • little nudgerlittle nudger
    JB is alright! At least they were smart, we know someone who goes by BJ!
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  • lalyssaloulalyssalou
    I like it, but we've decided on Delilah Jane (DJ), so maybe I'm bias.
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  • That.Just.HappenedThat.Just.Happened member

    We named our daughter Everett Jane (both family names) with the intention of calling her Eve if we thought she needed a nn.  Somehow, though, Eve seemed way too girly for her so my husband started using EJ, which I was previously totally NOT a fan of....but it seems to fit her and has kinda stuck.  Normally I really dislike initial nicknames, but it looks like my daughter may actually be one of them. (although I typically call her Everett or even Everett Jane)

    Oh well. 

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  • JoeysDameJoeysDame
    I went to school with a JB. It was a boy - James Barret. I think he was named after his father and didn't want to be a jr.
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  • nealblnealbl member
    Well my brother is John Brock but we have always called him JB so I can't see it as a girl name.
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