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I like Jonah. Cool and fun and old. Better than Noah and Isaiah, in my books. A nice full name for the nickname Jo(e).

Not a lot. I like Joe (one of the friendliest nns around) and to arrive at it I'd happily use Joseph or Joel.

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Jonah's biblical story is, unfortunately, one that everybody knows. His career as a prophet was unsuccessful and his career as the rejected lunch of a marine mammal is pretty uninspiring too. He is proverbially a piece of bad luck - and even if one doesn't believe in the OT, God or bad luck, it's not a cheerful association to hang around a baby's neck.

Without reading the previous threads (apologies for repeats!) I'm sure most have the thought of Jonah in the whale! Lol. Although other than that, the name itself is a nice name. I love J names, but I honestly don't think I could ever actually use Jonah myself, bc all I can think of is Jonah and the whale:)

LOVE the name Jonah! But I do love a lot of J names and a lot of Biblical names, so it makes sense! I always liked the story of Jonah from the Bible when growing up too.

Prefer Jonas. Jonas reminds me of a weathered and wise sea captain from the 1800s. Jonah reminds me of an annoying two year old.

I'm biased toward Jonah because Joan is a family name with a particular place in my heart. And Jonah reminds me of Joan. :0)

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But if I can put that association aside for a moment, I still see reasons to love Jonah. It begins with the friendly, good-guy Joe. Plus, it has Biblical panache. Overall Jonah feels warm and inviting. Love it.

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Jonah Somerled, Jonah Frederick and Jonah Sebastian are my stock combos for it.

I was thinking about making a post about Jonas the other day. Jonah is nice but I think I like Jonas a little better.

I just think "and the whale". It's odd because I can disconnect other Biblical names from the stories associated, but for some reason this particular one I really zone in on it.

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I do think it has a nice sound and I like boys names that end with -a or -ah.

I think then name is quite handsome. I do like biblical names like this Elijah, Noah and Jeremiah quite a bit. I can picture these names on sweet young boys, distinguished handsome men as well as on wise old men. Perfect.

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Swallowed by a whale! ^__^

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Is my immediate thought, but I do like the sound of the name.