when you hear the name Jonah....

sept9107bride · October 2011

what are the first thoughts that come to your mind when you hear the name Jonah? for both a child Jonah and an adult Jonah

ETA - ok once you get past the whale/Jonah hill...any other thoughts about the name?

salt78 · October 2011

First the whale story. Then Jonah Hill the actor.

krissyh21 · October 2011

Bad luck ... "your a Jonah"

cmeinla · October 2011

It makes your ticker really funny.

Aside from that though, I like it.

Puppylove*85 · October 2011

I love the name Jonah. I think it would suit a grown man well. However, I would assume someone with a Jonah and an Asher was quite religious.

StephCripps · October 2011

I'm not relgious.. but i think of the guy and the whale..

as well I think of the Notebook

mama31 · October 2011

I also think whale, but I also really like the name and thinks it ages well.

DanielleG. · October 2011

I first think of a blog I read then I think of the whale.

sept9107bride · October 2011

cmeinla:

It makes your ticker really funny.

Aside from that though, I like it.

oh my gosh! so true! hahhahhaha. ANNNNDD DH and I are big time scuba divers...so maybe having a child with the association of a whale is not bad maybe it's a sign! I've been looking for signs...I don't know...the last 6 freaking months

cmeinla · October 2011

sept9107bride:
cmeinla:

It makes your ticker really funny.

Aside from that though, I like it.

oh my gosh! so true! hahhahhaha. ANNNNDD DH and I are big time scuba divers...so maybe having a child with the association of a whale is not bad maybe it's a sign! I've been looking for signs...I don't know...the last 6 freaking months

MarxieVonTrapp · October 2011

The whale, the schlubby actor and I agree with the pp that I would assume the family with a Jonah and an Asher are very religious.

MySallyGirl · October 2011

I think of the little boy on the movie Sleepless in Seattle (bc I'm a dork and love that movie) and then I think of the whale. It's still a nice name though. I like it.

whitneyandbrook · October 2011

salt78:
First the whale story. Then Jonah Hill the actor.

THIS

allisonmarie22 · October 2011

A man who got swallowed by a whale in the Bible.

hmp1 · October 2011

Currently, Jonah Hill. A couple of years a go and a couple of years from now, the whale story.

yale · October 2011

Sleepless in Seattle

carlatron · October 2011

I love this name. It was my first choice until a few days ago, when I had a random change of heart. I'm still keeping it in reserve for baby #2 though.

There's the whale thing, and Jonah Hill. Other than that, I just think it's a good name.

melody921 · October 2011

The whale is the only association I have. I kind of like the name

ObLaDi · October 2011

sept9107bride:

ETA - ok once you get past the whale/Jonah hill...any other thoughts about the name?

Ha, these were the two things I was going to say.

Beyond that, I think it's a nice name. It ages well, and is handsome and professional. It's on my long list.

Ivana_Stolichnaya · October 2011

I automatically think of Jonah Hill but then I also remember a kid in elementary school named Jonah. I like the name.

TaylorandMel · October 2011

I think of Jonah Hill. However, I do like the name Jonah. At one point it was on my list, but we ended up crossing it off for a couple others we like more. It's very cute tho, and yes I could see a man named Jonah.

sweetpealee · October 2011

I like this name, was on our long list. I also went to hs with a guy named Jonah, who was very smart, nice, and down to earth.

sugarpumpkin716 · October 2011

my first thought is definitely not jonah hill although i love him ha. we ALMOST picked jonah as our name. like, seriously THIS close. but i tried to love it more than i actually did. i was so focused on picking a non top 100 name that i tried convincing myself it was perfect.

anyway i do like the name. it just wasn't "my" name.

happilyever888 · October 2011

yale:
Sleepless in Seattle

This, but I live in Seattle. I don't know of the whale, and just realized who the actor is but don't go there first. Love the name, it's on my list.

McGillicuddy13 · October 2011

I like the sound of the name Jonah, but I can't get past very church-y undertones, which would take it out of the running for me. If you don't mind people assuming you/your child are Christian, I'd say use it.

alohamora · October 2011

I think of Sleepless in Seattle, which is where I first heard and started loving the name. I think Jonah and Asher are a nice sibset.

InlovewithJHK · October 2011

To me it sounds very Jewish not Christian at all

ta78 · October 2011

I don't think of any of those things really. I have.. well had a friend named Jonah. I love the name and we would totally use it if DH didn't want to kick the guys ass.

KittyMarie219 · October 2011

As a Marvel comicbook fangirl, I feel as though it is my duty to say this --

J. JONAH JAMESON

The newspaper editor from Spider-Man. He's one of my favorite characters and I just can't believe no one else thought of this.

Anyway, its not a bad association, IMO, but I could never bring myself to name a child after someone who thought of Spider-Man as a menacing criminal. Good choice.

RobinSparkles214 · October 2011

I think I like it.

aewood97 · October 2011

WEEZER! Love Weezer, love jonah!

melpoteet · October 2011

My first thought was there is a Jonah in my son's daycare room. Also a Josiah. I like both names. I did think of the whale story and actor but so what if you like the name you like it