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John and it's variants are all nice. Jack or John nn Johnny are my faves.

I looove John. Not enough to use it though it is weird. I do not like Jon or Jonathan though. I like nicknames Johnny, Jack, Jay is nice.

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I like Ivan, Johann, Johannes, Jean.

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I think naming a kid John is one of the best things you could do for him.

Jon is NMS, both John and Jonathan are both favorites-specifically John. Honestly, the only nicknames they need are nothing for John, and maybe Jon for Jonathan.

I love John! I also really like Jonathan. It is not dated it all, it the basically the most classic name. Both but espically John have a lot of history, which is great. Both are common, but not boring.

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For a nickname of a full name, I love Jack. I really Jonathan with the nickname Jon. Jon spelled this way, to me, is just a nicknname for Jonathan, not a full name.

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I would use it for either a first or middle name. I only have two names picked out for my future sons, William and Alexander, so I might use it if I had more than two sons.

I strongly like...

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John Christian
John Paul
John Samuel
John Thomas

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I would call them using first and middle name.

I like both John and Jonathan quite a bit, as well as variants of John such as Ian, Evan, Owen, Sean, and Shane.

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For a small boy, I would be willing to use Johnny as a nn for either John or Jonathan. I'm not a fan of Jack at all.

Well John and Jonathan are two separate names that just happen to sound similar. I prefer Jonathan's long sound over John's simple plain sound most of the time.

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For Jonathan I prefer nicknames like Jonny or Nonny (a friend calls her brother Jonathan this) and rather dislike Jon but Jack is alright. Jack isn't really correct seeing it comes from John which is a different name.

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For John I think that Johnny or Jack are perfect nns and nine times out of ten I prefer Jack as a full name on it's own. Jack Nathaniel is a favorite combo of mine that actually has both of the John and Jonathan elements (and meanings) to it.

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I really do prefer forms of John over John itself. Scottish forms like Ian / Iain are delightful as are Ioan, Sean, Evan, Owen, Eoin, Hans, Yoan and Yannick.

I've never been much of a fan of these names, but I'd choose John if I had to. I very much prefer Jack as a given name, but it's also nice as a nn for Jackson, which I'm quite fond of for some reason (despite its apparent trendiness). Jonathan, while it has a nice sound to me, just seems dated ... and Jon without the -h- just confuses me.

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I also really like Shane. . . in fact, I prefer Shane and Jack to any of the other forms you mentioned.

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hope that helps!

I wouldn't use any of them personally, but I much prefer John over the other two.

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BTW, I feel Jon is nothing more than a nn for Jonathan and therefore the 2 names are one in the same.

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Jonathan is definitely more dated than John. John is a hands down classic that would never date a kid.

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Despite being classic, I still find John rather generic. I find the foreign forms of John much more appealing than John itself. I like:

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Ian
Sean
Hans

This message was edited 4/3/2008, 2:29 AM

I am truly madly deeply in love with the name John. Always have been and probably always will be.

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I like Jonathan as a middle name...like Thomas Jonathan or Rhys Jonathan or something of that nature. Do not like nn Jon.

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Sean is pleasant-sounding, and it's on my PNL.

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Loathe Jonny, Johnny.

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Jack is overused, IMO.

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And I would never ever consider Nathan as a nn for Jonathan. Nathan is clearly its own name, I think. Same goes for Nate.

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edited! wrong word! oops.

This message was edited 4/3/2008, 9:09 AM

I prefer John or Jackson / Jack.

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For any of them:
Both, Johnny and Jack are sweet.

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For Jonathan:
Jon

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Are there any forms in other languages that you like better? Like...
Not better, but I do like Sean, Johannes, and Johan.

I think John is incrediably boring, dull, overused, etc. Jonathan would be the best form to use. Johnny and Jay are both nice nicknames. The only other form in a another language I like is Ioan, the Welsh form of John.

Of the three I only like John. For some reason unknown to me, I can not stand the name Jonathan.

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John is a classic name, though I wouldn't use it myself as it's been over done with in my family. Jack would be my prefered nn.
As for variations, Evan and Ian are alright, but I adore Jane and Johnna.