Jack

[nagirrebailed.livejournal.com]

I've been doing a lot of research on the name Jack as a nick name, and can't decide something. Most sources seem to say that Jack is a nn for John, and John is a nn for Jonathan, but Jack is NOT a nn for Jonathan.

WDYT?

If I want to call my kid Jack, can I name him Jonathan or should it be John?

ETA I personally don't like nick names as the main name, and the child would be named after my fil, who is a John. He's really a Yanni, because he's Greek, but he goes by John.

Comments

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

Jonathan to Jack is not a weird leap, or a big leap, b/c Jonathan to John is really not that different. Jack is a weird nickname for John anyway.