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The #23 boys name in the US is John.
by drcongo 2mo ago
The #23 boys name in the US is John.
- roryirvine 2mo agoAnd #15 is Jack, so the US also does this. (Mind you, the UK is still worse - Jack is #19 but John isn't even on the list)
- jpfromlondon 2mo agoLeo, Freddie, Theo, etc.
- roryirvine 2mo agoYeah, I'm surprised. I'd always assumed that people would use the full form on the birth certificate even if the child was never actually called that in practice. Doesn't really matter, I suppose - names are pretty arbitrary anyway and I can't imagine the sort of pain that would be involved in trying to force-canonicalise Jack->John, Leo->Leonard, Theo->Theodore (or Theobald?). Even the French don't do that any more!
- pianom4n 2mo agoAnd? John is not a shortened name.