Message: "Joanna -- too boring?"

Joanna -- too boring?

by Wordsmith

8/30/2014, 8:06 PM

I've been pining for Joanna lately, but I wonder if it's too bland. Does anyone find it lackluster? I think it's beautiful, though I'm unable to articulate why.

Here are some combinations that I admire:

Joanna Beatrice / Beatrix
Joanna Celandine
Joanna Celestine
Joanna Cicely
Joanna Constance
Joanna Larkspur
Joanna Leontine
Joanna Margery
Joanna Melisande
Joanna Millicent
Joanna Rosamond / Rosamund

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- Rose-Berry

8/31/2014, 1:49 PM

10 or 20 years ago I might have thought so (I was at school with a lot of them) but these days I think it feels quite fresh and perhaps ready for a comeback soon. It's growing on me.

Of your combos I like Joanna Beatrice, Joanna Beatrix and Joanna Cicely.

- Mireio (Anna21)

8/31/2014, 11:53 AM

I love it, it's one of my favourite names.

I really like Joanna Beatrice, Joanna Rosamund and Joanna Constance

- mirfak

8/31/2014, 11:29 AM

Not boring. It's just not fashiony. Seems like Bridget or Nina, strong and modest and feminine. I like it - seems like it could be a queen or a taxi driver, an old woman or a toddler, etc., not "wrong" on anybody.

I like Joanna Constance and Joanna Millicent.

- RoxStar

8/31/2014, 6:47 AM

Joanna is pretty, I think. It isn't bland at all; a name isn't bland just because it's not unusual.

- puck (BBH)

8/31/2014, 4:30 AM

I think it's a lovely name; beautiful and understated. My friend Caroline who loves names chose Joanna for one of her daughters.

Of your combos, I would choose Joanna Beatrix.

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