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[Opinions] Johnisha
We went to Home Depot today and I saw a girl with the name Johnisha. I thought that it was very lovely as it was to honor her father's name which is John. Wdyt?
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Um...noThere are so many other alternatives. Jane, Jean, Janet, Gianna, Joan, Joanna - any of those would have been one thousand times better than Johnisha. That poor girl.

This message was edited 5/3/2009, 12:10 PM

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Some feminizations of male names just don't work, imo. This is one of them. Were it me, I'd much rather be named Joanna or Jane.I've seen Johna before.
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It's not like there aren't feminine versions of John. I cant think of several off the top of my head, including Jane, Joan, Joanne, Johna, Jonna, Janna, Gianna, Janet, Janice, Jean and Jeanine. Johnisha sounds trashy.
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I think I would have just named her Jane.
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It's cute, I guess, but I think Joan is a better female form for John. Is it pronounced like JOHN-ish-a or john-EE-sha?
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I think it's pronounced like JOHN-ish-a
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Don't like it at all - if it's pronounced like I think, it would sound harsh. I'd prefer Janelle, Janna, Johnna, Johanna, Joanna, or something along those lines to honor a John.
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I prefer Johnna. Cute idea, though.
I also have a friend named Jonelle.
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I perfer Joanne or Joanna. Jonelle is also very nice. Personly I perfer to honour family in the second name eg.Ella Joanne
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