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Help[Opinions] Re: Joshua & nicknames
in reply to a message by Mareasi
It is avoidable until he reaches the age of about 5 or 6. When he's young you will often be with him and if people call him Josh you can correct them and say 'his name is Joshua, we don't call him Josh'. People will accept this if they are respectful and polite so it will not be a problem.
As soon as he reaches a certain age he will spend more time alone and become independent. So by the time he is in preschool/school he might not bother correcting people because he won't have a problem with Josh. Or he will even like it and call himself Josh. And then there won't be anything you can do about it. You can always call him Joshua and hope he will never identify with Josh but he might and then you will have to live with it. Maybe he will even insist on you calling him Josh.
I would say that the probability that he ends up as Josh is pretty high. All the Joshuas I have ever known went exclusively by Josh. Joshua has a very soft sound and ends in A and I guess that many guys find it too soft and are happy to be called Josh. I don't like Josh but I also dislike Joshua. It used to be very popular and I think it is starting to sound tired and slightly dated. If you are looking for something similar, I think Jonah is really nice and you might also like Eli, Elijah (but it is getting too common) or Asher.
As soon as he reaches a certain age he will spend more time alone and become independent. So by the time he is in preschool/school he might not bother correcting people because he won't have a problem with Josh. Or he will even like it and call himself Josh. And then there won't be anything you can do about it. You can always call him Joshua and hope he will never identify with Josh but he might and then you will have to live with it. Maybe he will even insist on you calling him Josh.
I would say that the probability that he ends up as Josh is pretty high. All the Joshuas I have ever known went exclusively by Josh. Joshua has a very soft sound and ends in A and I guess that many guys find it too soft and are happy to be called Josh. I don't like Josh but I also dislike Joshua. It used to be very popular and I think it is starting to sound tired and slightly dated. If you are looking for something similar, I think Jonah is really nice and you might also like Eli, Elijah (but it is getting too common) or Asher.
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