We are expecting a son and love the names [name_u]Jericho[/name_u] and [name_u]Joss[/name_u]. With our last name, [name_u]Jericho[/name_u] [name_u]Joss[/name_u] flows much better, but I do not like any possible nickname from the first name [name_u]Jericho[/name_u]. [name_m]Trust[/name_m] me – we have considered every option! Is it too annoying to go by a middle name just because it flows better? I would love to have him be named [name_u]Jericho[/name_u] [name_u]Joss[/name_u] and call him [name_u]Joss[/name_u]. Thoughts?
If you dont like any of the possible nn for [name_u]Jericho[/name_u], then I would definitely address him as [name_u]Joss[/name_u]. It really just depends on what your comfortable with.
I know a hand full of people that are addressed by their middle names, and they dont mind at all.
Options for [name_u]Jericho[/name_u] nn (incase you haven’t thought of them yet):
[name_m]Rico[/name_m]/Ricko
Aero/[name_m]Arrow[/name_m]
[name_f]Ro[/name_f]/Row
[name_u]Ricky[/name_u]
I feel like you could name him [name_u]Jericho[/name_u] and get [name_u]Joss[/name_u] as a nickname from that, and give him a different middle name.
I think putting the name you will be calling him in the first name spot trumps flow. It probably wouldn’t be a terrible inconvenience but he would be filling in forms, etc. and have to say, “Oh, I go by my middle name.” on job applications, school registrations, at doctor offices, etc. In day-to-day life we don’t even know someone’s middle name so I don’t think flow is as important in this situation.
I think the inconvenience of going by his middle name will be more substantial than the flow of his name’s not being ideal. He will almost never be called by his first middle and last name, at graduation, at his wedding… That’s about it. But he’ll have to explain at every doctor’s appointment, everytime he meets a new teacher or professor, when he’s in an interview, etc that he goes by his middle. It’s not the biggest inconvenience in the world… But it just seemed silly to have to deal with it for the sake of flow. I’d do [name_u]Joss[/name_u] [name_u]Jericho[/name_u].
Thanks everyone- great feedback.
Call him [name_m]Joseph[/name_m] [name_u]Jericho[/name_u] ‘[name_u]Joss[/name_u]’ or just [name_u]Joss[/name_u] or Call him by his middle… Whatever makes you happy. Since they are both J names he would have the same initial regardless so it’s not a big deal, I know people who do this.
I think it’s perfectly valid to call him by his middle, plenty of people do that. However it wouldn’t be my preference. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you mind disclosing the last name or giving us a hint at it, to see how bad the flow is?
I love [name_u]Joss[/name_u] by the way. It’s short without feeling too simple, and is unusual without being weird .
You can name him [name_u]Jericho[/name_u] [name_u]Joss[/name_u] and call him [name_u]Joss[/name_u]. My parents did the same for me, and it was no problem growing up. As I got older, my first name became my ‘alias,’ as my friends and I would call it, since my legal first name became the name I used for documents, appointments, etc.
It’s really ok.
I knew several people who went by their middle names, one because they were a junior and another because their parents realized that their chosen first/middle combo caused some embarrassing initials so they switched them around.
I really don’t think it’s a big deal if you decide to call them by their middle name or switch it around so that they’re called [name_u]Joss[/name_u] [name_u]Jericho[/name_u].