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I like John. There is nothing wrong with and everything right with it. Yes, it has been well-worn through the ages but it still stands up as a classic, and anyone named John can hold his head up and be proud.
And it beats the heck out of the made-up, trendy names that I'm hearing of everywhere.

I LOVE the name John and ONLY with that spelling. My father is John, and I named my son John Robert(now 4) after both grandfathers. He loves it, and has so many nicknames. He likes Johnny, John Robert, John John, and John. It is a timeless classic. He has never had another John in class or soccer or music. Actually, his name is unique compared to all the Aidans, Connors, Jacobs,and Ryans. You won't be sorry if you do name your son John. I think it is so masculine and beautiful and NOT trendy!

It may be a problem at first especially for some of your friends or acquaintances, they might think *John's so plain!*. I really like the name John, it has a nice sound, it has a great meaning, and many famous men throughout history bore this name! :) And it you think it's too plain you could always use it as a middle name or use a really cute nickname! :)

John is my grandson'd name, also my brother's. (Grandson is age eleven.)Name is nor actually that common in his age group. He likes it.

Sorry, I find it very boring. But, that being said, it's still a refreshing change from a gaggle of Aiden/Caden/Braden/Jaden's, etc.

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~Heather~

I love the name John, it's one of my favourites and I only know one young person with this name and they are 15/16.
I also love the nn Johnny

Yes, it *is* the archetypal common name (good way of putting it ...), and that does bother me very much. I feel that everyone has a right to a name that's special to them, and I doubt John, Anne etc. would work that way because they're so generic.

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Although this won't always be the case, I tend to imagine that the parents of Johns simply couldn't be bothered taking the time to think, and so chose the most obvious "boy name" there is.

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"Yeehaw!" is not a foreign policy!

I do think John is very common and over-used and I think it is a little boring, but it would be okay as a mn. I really love Jonathan though. I know this is also really common, but not as much as John.

I think the world has enough!

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- Dar Williams

I qiute like the simplicity of John, myself, it's my SO's second middle and one of our sons as well. I haven't met a small child named John in at least 18 years so while it may be "archetypal" to anyone over the age of 20, is isn't these days. It is still in the top 20 (if you check SSA's site) but it's kind of like Samantha. I don't meet any little Samanthas at all, yet it's in the top 10! A John today is likely to be the only one in his class. His peers are more likely to be Ian, Sean, Evan, Jack or Jonathan than another John.

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I also love the nickname Jack, but only as a nickname.

I really like it. It's a classic that will never lose its charm. Go for it.

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Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with facts. - "Mary Poppins"

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I love it, the first person I have ever been in love with carried that name. :) Plus it's a family name in my family. :)

It'd be a problem for me on my own son - I have just known too many Johns, and I guess I'm vain enough that I would want to call him by a more "special" name (to me). But I have a nephew named John, and I can't help thinking his name was chosen because it is the archetypal, not common so much as classic name - so well-used that it's comfortable for just about everyone, and is about as silent "statement"-wise as a name can be. It's mellow and confident, much more than it's dull. I certainly don't think that being named John would be a problem for John himself, especially since many fewer boys are named it these days and it isn't actually as common.

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- chazda

I don't think it's a problem. It's not as popular as it used to be and it's been ages since I met a kid named John. It's a classic name and I wouldn't be afraid to us it because it's "common."

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They will see us waving from such great heights,
'come down now,' they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away,
'come down now,' but we'll stay...

I don't think it's a problem. I think John is actually an unusual name for a child in this day and age. The youngest John I know is about 18/19, handsome and funny.

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Also, I'm currently biased towards John because I have a bit of a thing for John Prescott. ;-)

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- Maria

I like it as a middle name.

It seems boring to me to be honest. I do like Jonathan though. If you go with John, you could call him Jack (as a nickname). It's a bit more interesting.

I like the name. It's my father's name and I plan to use it for a son. I think it's classic,but if you thik it's archetypal,what about a form of John.

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Sean
Evan
Ian
Ivan

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