Brother's name

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Which one do you like best between Jordan and Joshua?

I'm fiddling around with

(which is our selected name for a future daughter, as most of you already know)

Jordan ties together several artistic inspirations of mine (Jordan Taylor Hanson, Christina Aguilera's husband Jordan Bratman, Taylor's child Jordan Ezra) as well as my partner's (Michael Jordan). Its meaning also refers to "river", which is possibly my favorite meaning in a name.

Joshua is one of my partner's favorites, but there are no specific meanings attached to it so far (unless we go look for them, which we might).

Consider that Jordan in Italy would be pronounced JOHR-dahn and Joshua pretty much the same as it is in english (JOSH-wah).

Also, I'd like the middle name to be Alexander, after SO's first name, Alessandro.
It would be Ah-lex-AHN-dehr in italian.

WDYT? Other J boy names suggestions? Alma has his initial, and we'd like a boy name to have mine (I'm Jessica).

Comments

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i prefer jordan. my cousin actually just had a son about a year ago and since we're not incredibly close to her we didn't know what his name would be until about a month after he was born. she named him jordan and we breathed like a collective sigh of relief because tbh i was expecting something retarded, like something she made up completely on her own or kaden or something. anyway, i love jordan, always have.

i knew twins in elementary school named joshua and jordan, too. doesn't help or relate at all, just saying.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

hah, that's curious actually :D thanks for sharing!

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like Joshua, but I LOVE Jordan.

Some other J names I like are Jeremy and Justin.

[murderprotocol.livejournal.com]

I personally prefer Joshua, but I think Jordan flows better with Alexander (I love the ah-lex-AHN-dehr pronunciation) and if it means more to you, I'd say go with that.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Joshua, definitely.

Other ideas:
Jacob Alexander
Jonah Alexander
Jonas Alexander
Joel Alexander
Jeremiah Alexander
Jason Alexander
James Alexander
Jared Alexander
Jeremy Alexander
John Alexander
Jonathan Alexander
Jack Alexander

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i really dislike the name jordan, i always have, so i prefer the name joshua by far, but i am big on personal meanings, so its hard for me to say.

[bluekoala.livejournal.com]

definitely Jordan. I have never exactly loved the name, but when you brought up the river jordan...that's a really powerful image. maybe that's changing my mind, haha.
I also think the italian pronunciation of jordan is nicer than joshua.

[tunknut.livejournal.com]

My vote's for Jordan.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

>>you want to name your child after christina aguilera's husband? o_O

haha yeah I understand how that might be quite puzzling :P
It's about her though, not him hehe although he sounds like a great guy!

Alessandra would be way too close to Alessandro :)
Alma has her own history!

I reaaaally really like Julian too, but we already have a little girl Giulia on his side of the family, so that would be too close too.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I don't like either, but I much (much much much) prefer Joshua. Joshua reminds me of Joshua tree park, and the biblical roots behind the name. Jordan...sounds like a sort of made up name to me, reminds me of the country, and I hate it when it is used on girls. (Which seems to happen way too often!) So Joshua it is. :)

I like a lot of other J names better for boys: Julian, Josiah, James, Jude, Judah, Jonas, Jacob, Jeremiah, Jonah, Jameson.

I think Jonas Alexander has a nice ring to it. :)

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

I prefer Joshua.

Other J names

Jonah
Judah
Jonas
James

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I HATE Jordan for a boy with a fiery passion - probably because its my name and I'm not a boy!

So Joshua all the way in my humble opinion.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I like Jordan better, and it has a lot of meaning to you obviously. Normally I'd prefer Joshua because it's more my style, but somehow Jordan sounds nicer to me.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Joshua. BUt I don't like Joshua Alexander. It's going to sound like Joshualexander, since Joshua ends with A and Alexander begins with it.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like jordan better.

as for J boy names, i like:
jack (although it's very popular now)
jude
julian
james
jasper
jesse

[c8rocksit.livejournal.com]

Jordan. Jordan. Jordan.