Middle name ideas for Jonah?

[whoiam]

So weird, I thought of Michael when I saw the title too!

 

[chattyann]

Chalk another one up to Michael. That was my first thought too. Another suggestion: Jonah Garrett

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

Jonah Alexander
Jonah Christopher
Jonah Benjamin
Jonah Gabriel (this is probably what I'd use)

I like a longer middle name.

Jonah is a great choice, whatever you pair it with!

 

[CamColt]

This is really weird. Michael popped in my head too. I have 2 sons and never even considered the name Michael for either of them, so its not like I really love that name and thats why Im suggesting it. It just sort of sounded right with Jonah.

 

[Emma1987]

Jonah Matthew?

 

[FINFAN]

Jonah Quin
Jonah Reed


I like middle names that can replace the last name if they ever want to have a different professional name, my Dad named all his kids that way, I just think it's kinda neat.

 

[mjkacmom]

Michael popped in my head first, but since you usually don't use the middle name when addressing your child, I think it's nice to make it symbolic. All of my kids' middle names are in honor of family member.

 

[pumba]

Jonah jacob or Jonah J and then call him JJ

 

[robinb]

Shamu?

Sorry, I couldn't help myself .

 

[topolino]

If the first name ends in a soft vowel sound-like A
Then the second name should not start with a soft vowel-like an A

I agree 100%. The reason is that people, especially those from New England for example, will tend to throw an "r" in the middle where it doesn't belong, making it sound something like, "Jonarandrew".

I definitely think the middle name should start with a consonant.

 

[antmaril]

To my ear, a longer middle name sounds best with Jonah. I like:

Jonah Alexander
Jonah Christopher
Jonah Gabriel
Jonah Timothy

 

[TinkerBelled]

I agree that it's nice to make the middle name symbolic by choosing a person (family, literary, historical, religious) that's important to you. I also like a family last name as a middle name. (In my case, all my siblings have my mother's maiden name as our middle name.)

However, poetically speaking, I think it depends on the number of syllables in your last name and the way that they're stressed.

If you have a two-syllable last name, especially one that puts the stress on the first syllable, I personally like an trochaic triplet as I think it rolls nicely off the tongue, like:
Jonah Michael Hoffman.
A one-syllable middle name sounds fine (Jonah Mark Hoffman), but a three-syllable middle name (Jonah Jameson Hoffman) is a bit of a muddle.

If your name is one syllable, then I think you need at least a two-syllable middle name, for example:
Jonah Michael Smith (2)
or
Jonah Jameson Smith. (3)
(One syllable, like Jonah Mark Smith, sounds a little off.)

And, finally, if your last name has three syllables, you should pick a one- or two-syllable middle name:
Jonah Mark Harrison (1)
Jonah Michael Harrison (2)
(Jonah Jameson Harrison is a bit much).

Phew.

 

[BigDaddyWill]

Our youngest's first name is Jonah. We went with Andrew because we liked the flow.

Will

 

[luvmy3]

Jonah Michael was the my first thought when I saw the title too. However I have The X-Files movie on and I think Jonah Fox sounds really good

 

[dizluvah]

Jonah Isaac
Jonah Riley

 

[DisneyLoverLaura]

Eli

 

[POOHDRMR]

I like dylan or thomas-then if you wanted he could be called JT or JD for a nickname.I have a Jake and his middle name is Ryan-people try to call him JR or J-R and I hate it.I wish I did Dylan instead!The funny thing is with my daughter I went through so many names because I wouldn't like the shortened version and finally decided on Kaitlin figuring it would be shortened to Katie and noone shortens her name.Then I name son a short name-Jake and people(family) try to give him a nickname

 

[dzorn]

Scott

Denise in MI

 

[monkeybug]

I like
Abram
Quinn
Alexander

 

[mjkacmom]

I agree that it's nice to make the middle name symbolic by choosing a person (family, literary, historical, religious) that's important to you. I also like a family last name as a middle name. (In my case, all my siblings have my mother's maiden name as our middle name.)

However, poetically speaking, I think it depends on the number of syllables in your last name and the way that they're stressed.

If you have a two-syllable last name, especially one that puts the stress on the first syllable, I personally like an trochaic triplet as I think it rolls nicely off the tongue, like:
Jonah Michael Hoffman.
A one-syllable middle name sounds fine (Jonah Mark Hoffman), but a three-syllable middle name (Jonah Jameson Hoffman) is a bit of a muddle.

If your name is one syllable, then I think you need at least a two-syllable middle name, for example:
Jonah Michael Smith (2)
or
Jonah Jameson Smith. (3)
(One syllable, like Jonah Mark Smith, sounds a little off.)

And, finally, if your last name has three syllables, you should pick a one- or two-syllable middle name:
Jonah Mark Harrison (1)
Jonah Michael Harrison (2)
(Jonah Jameson Harrison is a bit much).

Phew.

Interesting. Although all of our middle names symbolize someone, they also flow well.

Our girls have 2 syllable first names, 1 syllable middle names, and 3 syllable last names.

Our boys have 1 syllable first names, 2 syllable middle names, and 3 syllable last names.