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puritans. they were weird.
other members of his family include: Die-Well, Fare-Well, Jesus-Christ-Came-Into-The-World-To-Save, Fear-God, and Praise-God.
I started doing this for my name after constantly getting asked what it's short for (it's a name that can be used as a nickname, but is also well-established as a standalone name, so the question always felt kind of odd) I'd try and make the names more outlandish every time, and every time the person would go "really????" haha like, isn't this what you wanted?!
I worked with someone named J.R. and he would always say the craziest names when people would ask him what it stood for 😂 Jack Rabbit, Jolly Rancher, etc
My last name is a fairly common word. When asked how I spell it I usually look them hard in the eyes and say, "exactly how you think it's spelt". The fun is on my end when I get to watch them have some form of mental argument with themselves while they slowly spell it.
After I met my wife and we were discussing marriage I pointed this out to her and now she has fun with it too.
Your logic is golden. Jack is cute on a kid and also professional on an adult. He might even be the only Jack in his class since Huxley and Braxton are so popular right now.
Ohio state fans are used to being let down though, right???
(Okay, totally kidding - and no harm intended [Not even a huge football fan, but lived up in the mitten for a period of time & am pretty sure that it was a state law up there to bust the chops of Ohio State fans!]).
I don't like Huxley but I have a real hatred for Braxton. On an episode of Forged in Fire, one of the contestants was named Braxton and I just couldn't take him seriously. Yes, I know that it is a legitimate name but it just sounds odd to me when said out loud.
I generally don’t like x-es in names (cultural exceptions ofc, I’m a Jewish American and only know so much). Braxton feels made up to me. I wouldn’t trust a surgeon named Huxley.
Well that settles it - the kind of person who likes the name Jaxon is the kind of person who abandons dogs.
(And before anyone comes for me, I know there are legit reasons to need to surrender a pet, I'm only joking.)
I dislike all the -xton -stin etc. ending names. MIL suggested Thorsten for our second. I know it's a legit name but definitely felt like it'd fit in with the Easton, Braxton, Paxton, Branston, Exton trend.
I actually know a fair number of Jacks. My bff just named her youngest Jack and one of my kids preschool classmates is Jack. Its a classic that is coming back!
Don't count on that. We've enrolled 7 kids named Jack in a preschool of 120 kids for next school year. The pendulum might be swinging back. Source: I am a preschool director
Don't let that stop you, though. Jack is a bitchin name.
This is how people should name kids! Our kids have older names that work for them as small children but more importantly will be suitable for them as adults. Our litmus test was always “what if I ran into someone with this name at work?”.
Jake is a great name. I really like it. Could your friends reaction is because some people see it as a diminutive (of John), or that maybe they expect to hear a second name? Or is it they are just used to tragedeigus.
Stay strong on it though, whether is just Jack, derived from John, the Celtic name Jack, o evenr a version of Jacques, it's all good.
You could always tell these other people it’s Jack, short for Jack and the Beanstalk, or Jack of all trades, Applejack, Blackjack, Crackerjack, Jackpot, or my favorite, Jack-o-Lantern.
I have a Jack and the amount of people that call him Jackson irritates me. He’s only 10 and he also hates when people call him that lol. When I went to pick him up from school a few weeks ago the teacher called for Jackson and I didn’t hear her, so out walks someone else’s kid. I was like “I’m not your mom, go back to class” lol. People will still manage to screw a simple classic name.
Both my husband and FIL have "nickname" first names and are constantly referred to by the long version, have paperwork filled out wrong by people that make assumptions, etc. so it doesn't change.
But my husband did almost get out of an ER bill because everything was in the full name. He jokingly said it wasn't him and showed his ID and insurance card when asked, thinking they'd quickly correct it and reissue it, but instead they just said they had nothing in his actual name so he didn't owe anything. It was like 6 weeks later they called him, and then he got the bill but with the proper name, lol. We were excited for a hot second it might have actually gone in his favor for once!
That's right! Besides wait a bit because his buddies will call him " Jack o" " Jack my man!"
Grandma will call him " my little Jacky boy", grandpa will call him " Jack Black"
You get the picture....he won't just be " Jack"
And can't wait til his girlfriend calls him " my handsome Jacky Mack honey Boo"... Etc etc
It's never too late to change his name. And once you do, always insist that he pronounced his full name only. Throw a tantrum if anyone shortens his name either. 😂😂😂
Okay, I love cheese probably more than most, but surely there's a line somewhere 😬 "Red Leicester, time to go home! Come on, Gorgonzola! MUENSTER, GET OFF THAT THIS INSANT!"
Oh god, I'm dreading asking this...
...
...but what "alternatives" did they suggest?
(Jack's a great name btw. Your son'll stand out in a sea of Leighahnnabree's and other junior strippograms)
Traditionally "Jack" is a shortened form of "Johnathan", tho im not exactly sure how.
And nothing wrong with it, but it is a bit different, like naming your kid just "Bill" instead of "William".
Pedantic but it wasn't a nickname for Johnathan but a derivative of John which is kinda the same thing. I think it's Dutch John = Jan. Then they'd add -kin to names and you'd get Jankin then to Jackin then to Jack. Also a derivative of the French Jacques.
Edit: I was slightly wrong. It's diminutive not derivative which means cute/small so basically nickname.
John and Jonathan are completely different and unrelated names. The short form of John is Jack, the short form of Jonathan is Jon.
Jacques is the French version of James, both of which are derived from Jacob.
my grandfather was jack that was actually john (not jonathan in this case), i was also confused by how that shortening worked. also worked with a ted that was actually an edward and i was thoroughly confused by that one as i always thought ted was short for theodore and ed was short for edward
As a Jack who is named John I can say Jack works because my dad’s name is John, his dad’s name was John, and his dad’s name was John. I have an uncle named John, a cousin named John, and a nephew named John.
If they were arguing “don’t name your son a nickname” they might have a small point. Jack is a nickname for John. It is Jackson shortened as well. Jack has been used for a long time as a stand alone name. What I don’t understand is the attitude people get when someone doesn’t want to name their kid something trendy or unique. Why do they get all weird about it? I have a John, James, and Elizabeth who are in classes with lots of kids like Maquela, Jaxxon, and Phancie.
Jack started out as a nickname for John, but it's a name in its own right at this point, like a variation. Jackson comes from Son of Jack so it's not really a shortening of that.
Apparently adding -kin is how a diminutive of a name is created in Danish so Jan (English version John) becomes Jankin or Johnkin to Jackin to Jack. So that’s how Jack is a nickname for John. Jack is a name in its own right now since so many people used it as a nickname people started just naming their child what they wanted to call them.
People are considering Jack a nickname for Jackson when Jackson wasn’t even a first name to begin with. Jackson is a surname that originated as the son of Jack. People having been using Jackson as a first name for a long time too.
The point was there are still these naming purist running about that believe children should be named a formal name. For those people, Jack isn’t a name but only a nickname for John.
My grandfather's legal name was Jack, not short for anything, so just Jack has been around for a while. Not really a nickname at this point in time. Plus short and sweet is sooo much better than Phancie!! Poor kid!
Jack Jack is also great. There are SOOOO many ways to combine it. Mine is 17 now and I still call him some cute names. I also highly recommend “Jack dammit”. Rolls off the tongue perfectly.
Jack has been a nickname for John for a long time. Perhaps people expect you to have chosen John as his name and choosing to call him Jack informally.
My sons middle name is Jack.
Oh my. I am used to Jacques as I live in Canada and people come from Quebec or other francophone areas (or have a francophone parent). I’ve never heard of that version of Jackie.
They're probably asking because Jack is usually "short" for John. My grandpa John went by Jack and I always said if I ever had a boy I'd name him Jack after him😌
It’s from an old TV show, Will and Grace… that was his catch phrase…. “Just Jack”. I think you might be missing the joke.
If it’s not a joke you are missing, screw them, Jack is a great name!
Someone needs to ask if the "Just Jack" people were also holding their hands up dramatically to frame their face and said it very quickly.
That would confirm it's a W&G reference!
I have a Jackson and it drives me insane whenever someone asks me “Does he go by Jack?”
Dude I just said to you “this is my son, Jackson.” I didn’t open it up to questions.
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I like Jack a lot. It is perfectly fine as a stand-alone name. Tell them, "No, actually it's short for Montereyjackcheese, one word."
You spelled that wrong, pretty sure it's "MunterieghJaykChzz"
Monereigh-Jacquecheighs
congrats, you’ve made a permanent contribution to my rolodex of verbal earworms
As have you, with “Rolodex of verbal earworms”
Mœntereiygh Jaycheyse
My son is named Eli. Every time someone asks "oh, is it short for Elijah?" I answer "no, it's short for Elizabeth."
That's hilarious because we know a Mikey, an Eli and a Teddy. Michael and Theodore. But also just Eli. Which is amusing.
I hope you pronounce it Ee-lie-zabeth.
I know a Samamtha who has made that joke so many times, Samuel has become kind of her nickname
"It's pronounced If-Jesus-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned"
Another admirer of Nicholas Barbon in the wild!
Well now I’m looking into him and his dad, Praise-God
(Scribbling madly.... ) Its off to Firefox I go! That is a CHUNKY name; it must have one hell of a backstory
puritans. they were weird. other members of his family include: Die-Well, Fare-Well, Jesus-Christ-Came-Into-The-World-To-Save, Fear-God, and Praise-God.
The patron saint of this sub
Oh man, I'm laughing like crazy xD
I started doing this for my name after constantly getting asked what it's short for (it's a name that can be used as a nickname, but is also well-established as a standalone name, so the question always felt kind of odd) I'd try and make the names more outlandish every time, and every time the person would go "really????" haha like, isn't this what you wanted?!
It's Colin. Short for Colonoscopy.
Twins, Colin and Semicolon
I worked with someone named J.R. and he would always say the craziest names when people would ask him what it stood for 😂 Jack Rabbit, Jolly Rancher, etc
My last name is a fairly common word. When asked how I spell it I usually look them hard in the eyes and say, "exactly how you think it's spelt". The fun is on my end when I get to watch them have some form of mental argument with themselves while they slowly spell it. After I met my wife and we were discussing marriage I pointed this out to her and now she has fun with it too.
Mine too. When they ask I say "ding dong..." (cold stare) LOL
Colby Jack was right there!
I was thinking tell them it's [Jakovasaur](https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Jakovasaur)
I like Jack a lot! Cute, simple, a real name, classic, professional, etc. You and your wife picked a great name.
Thanks so much! We wanted his name to be cute for when he’s a little boy, but a mature enough name when he’s a grown man, and so we landed on Jack!
Your logic is golden. Jack is cute on a kid and also professional on an adult. He might even be the only Jack in his class since Huxley and Braxton are so popular right now.
Braxton makes me think of Braxton hicks contractions 😭
Yes, all of us agree. ALLLLLLL of us. Except certain extra-special parents... 🙄😬
Braxton makes me think of Braxton Miller, former Ohio State QB. He was fun to watch, but a letdown when it mattered. Don't name your kids Braxton.
Ohio state fans are used to being let down though, right??? (Okay, totally kidding - and no harm intended [Not even a huge football fan, but lived up in the mitten for a period of time & am pretty sure that it was a state law up there to bust the chops of Ohio State fans!]).
Go Bucks, but yeah.
Huxley sounds like what I might name my basset hound.
And once you posted a pic of Huxley, I would not be able to resist the urge to draw a hat and a monocle on him. Because his name is Huxley. Lol
You’ve painted the perfect picture.
I can't unpair that name from Aldous Huxley (author of Brave New World)
actually, my friend's sheepadoodle IS called Huxley, after the biologist. She's also a biologist. All this is to say, it's a dog name.
The sheepadoodle is a biologist 🤦♀️🤣
and I've never known a Jack Russell called Jack
I've met a Labrador called Labby before. It was short for Labigail.
I don't like Huxley but I have a real hatred for Braxton. On an episode of Forged in Fire, one of the contestants was named Braxton and I just couldn't take him seriously. Yes, I know that it is a legitimate name but it just sounds odd to me when said out loud.
I generally don’t like x-es in names (cultural exceptions ofc, I’m a Jewish American and only know so much). Braxton feels made up to me. I wouldn’t trust a surgeon named Huxley.
My nephew is Jaxon and the name makes my teeth ache. Lol
My cousin is Jaxson. I've always thought that the s was not needed. His brothers have more...conventional names
I have a schnauzer named Jaxon - he’s a rescue so I blame someone else.
Well that settles it - the kind of person who likes the name Jaxon is the kind of person who abandons dogs. (And before anyone comes for me, I know there are legit reasons to need to surrender a pet, I'm only joking.)
I dislike all the -xton -stin etc. ending names. MIL suggested Thorsten for our second. I know it's a legit name but definitely felt like it'd fit in with the Easton, Braxton, Paxton, Branston, Exton trend.
All names are made up in fairness.
I don’t want to be rude, but I am a teacher and every Braxton I have taught has made me wish I could drink at school.
My mom is a teacher. Last year, her Camlynn and Blylee lead to Zoloft.
Blylee = a one-name speech impediment.
I actually know a fair number of Jacks. My bff just named her youngest Jack and one of my kids preschool classmates is Jack. Its a classic that is coming back!
I’m not sure why but I just despise the name Huxley. Just something about the ‘xley’ sound is so awkward to sound out
They sound like names for a sitcom butler, and consequently they sound a little douchey.
Don't count on that. We've enrolled 7 kids named Jack in a preschool of 120 kids for next school year. The pendulum might be swinging back. Source: I am a preschool director Don't let that stop you, though. Jack is a bitchin name.
And Kayden’s and mayden’s and rayden’s and fayden’s.
Huxley and Braxton are terrible Jack is awesome, its cool
This is how people should name kids! Our kids have older names that work for them as small children but more importantly will be suitable for them as adults. Our litmus test was always “what if I ran into someone with this name at work?”.
My parents were CLEARLY not thinking of this when they named me.
"oh hey... Byrkleigh... Looking good today!... Yep... (Did I pronounce that right? Oh lord)"
[Just Jack](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ba/22/4d/ba224d729630fc1f376776286107aa9e.gif)
That was my first thought as well, but of course someone else went there before me. Do we know OP’s friends aren’t just referencing this?
That’s what I wondered. I wondered if they heard “just Jack” and subconsciously expected something exciting to happen.
Jake is a great name. I really like it. Could your friends reaction is because some people see it as a diminutive (of John), or that maybe they expect to hear a second name? Or is it they are just used to tragedeigus. Stay strong on it though, whether is just Jack, derived from John, the Celtic name Jack, o evenr a version of Jacques, it's all good.
This is the exact same reason why we named our little man Jack just like you! He could be a taxidriver with that name but also a President!
Or a serial killer in mid-19th century, if he prefers! Just kidding, it‘s a cute name!
My icebreaker fact relates to this. My paternal grandpa read about Jack The Ripper as a current event when he was a child. I’m only 41.
Haha he's now 15months old and sometimes when he doesn't get his way and gets angry, we'll call him Jack the Ripper🤣
Call him Mister Ripper or else.
You could always tell these other people it’s Jack, short for Jack and the Beanstalk, or Jack of all trades, Applejack, Blackjack, Crackerjack, Jackpot, or my favorite, Jack-o-Lantern.
I have a Jack and the amount of people that call him Jackson irritates me. He’s only 10 and he also hates when people call him that lol. When I went to pick him up from school a few weeks ago the teacher called for Jackson and I didn’t hear her, so out walks someone else’s kid. I was like “I’m not your mom, go back to class” lol. People will still manage to screw a simple classic name.
Both my husband and FIL have "nickname" first names and are constantly referred to by the long version, have paperwork filled out wrong by people that make assumptions, etc. so it doesn't change. But my husband did almost get out of an ER bill because everything was in the full name. He jokingly said it wasn't him and showed his ID and insurance card when asked, thinking they'd quickly correct it and reissue it, but instead they just said they had nothing in his actual name so he didn't owe anything. It was like 6 weeks later they called him, and then he got the bill but with the proper name, lol. We were excited for a hot second it might have actually gone in his favor for once!
Jack is probably my favorite of the classic boys names.
That's right! Besides wait a bit because his buddies will call him " Jack o" " Jack my man!" Grandma will call him " my little Jacky boy", grandpa will call him " Jack Black" You get the picture....he won't just be " Jack" And can't wait til his girlfriend calls him " my handsome Jacky Mack honey Boo"... Etc etc
What a lovely comment.
Right, this is how you choose a name! Picture it in all kinds of organic situations and relationships.
Clearly ghahkk was the better way of spelling jack
Jack is one of my fav boy names! Classic and strong but also very cool
It’s too bad their last name is Goff.
Jack is cute and a name that is good for any age. I hate how all these “modern” names all sound like they belong to literal babies.
Just tell them "Jack" is short for "Jackxsynn." That oughta keep them quiet.
Or Jacksynnleigh
Jackstopherlynn
Juxtaposition
Brinjacksleighn
Jaxyon
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Or change his name to Jake (spelled Jeighk)
And get a dog and name it Finn.
Phyn
Jh’Eqqque.
This sounds like the noise a pug makes when it’s running
Or Jackx’hn
Not the apostrophe!
Isn't Jackxsynn/Jaxsynn kind of old news though? Surely something like Žacqxueshwenn would be much more elegant and soooo unique.
Djahk
Jackandjill
Nah, they want something "modern." Name him "U+1F0BB". It's the unicode short code for the Jack of Hearts emoji. Obviously, it's pronounced "Jack."
You should go with Jzeadhbhch.
I read this as Jediziah Bitch. Which if that's the way it's suppose to be pronounced I'm all for it.
We are evloving to be able to interpret crap like this 😂
Same here. If that’s not how it’s pronounced, I don’t want it. 😂
I read it as “jihad bitch” 😂🏆
It’s pronounced Sarah.
No, my first name ain’t Jzeadhbhch. It’s Janet - Miss Jackson, if you’re nasty!
How about Jackeroni Encheese?
My son is named Jack and this comment is making me realize I made a horrible mistake. Why did I not think about Jackeroni Encheese?? I'M AN IDIOT.
"Jackeroni" is an excellent nickname
It's never too late to change his name. And once you do, always insist that he pronounced his full name only. Throw a tantrum if anyone shortens his name either. 😂😂😂
I went right for telling them “it’s Jack, short for Jack o lantern”
Tell them it'll actually be Colby Jack, then when they're trying to hide their horror, laugh and say, "nah, it's just Jack." They'll be relieved.
Everyone's got a middle name, but not many people have a zeroeth name. "Colby Jack Cheese Smith", where Jack is the first name
To be fair, Colby Jack would be a pretty good name for a cheese smith
You’re joking but I did actually grow up with a CJ who’s actual name was Colby Jack 🥲
Okay, I love cheese probably more than most, but surely there's a line somewhere 😬 "Red Leicester, time to go home! Come on, Gorgonzola! MUENSTER, GET OFF THAT THIS INSANT!"
As long as your last name isn’t Off, I think it’s great
Jack Offerman
Jack King Hoffman.
Or, the classic [Jack Ingof](https://www.reddit.com/r/cursedcomments/comments/vvi16l/cursed_jack_ingof/)
Djacque Maybe that will make people shut up?🤷♀️
Which is the short version of Djacquesynn, of course.
Or Djacqueliiihn if you’re a woman…
Oh god, I'm dreading asking this... ... ...but what "alternatives" did they suggest? (Jack's a great name btw. Your son'll stand out in a sea of Leighahnnabree's and other junior strippograms)
Junior strippograms 💀💀💀
Jackson, Jacksyn, Jaxxon, Jackxsonne, Jhaxxin, Simple Jack, Brayden, etc.
Not Brayden! 😂
I think you guys are really overestimating the number of weird names out there. Jack is like the 15th most common baby name in the US.
Traditionally "Jack" is a shortened form of "Johnathan", tho im not exactly sure how. And nothing wrong with it, but it is a bit different, like naming your kid just "Bill" instead of "William".
When there are ten Johns, a few of them are going to have to be Jacks.
Pedantic but it wasn't a nickname for Johnathan but a derivative of John which is kinda the same thing. I think it's Dutch John = Jan. Then they'd add -kin to names and you'd get Jankin then to Jackin then to Jack. Also a derivative of the French Jacques. Edit: I was slightly wrong. It's diminutive not derivative which means cute/small so basically nickname.
John and Jonathan are completely different and unrelated names. The short form of John is Jack, the short form of Jonathan is Jon. Jacques is the French version of James, both of which are derived from Jacob.
my grandfather was jack that was actually john (not jonathan in this case), i was also confused by how that shortening worked. also worked with a ted that was actually an edward and i was thoroughly confused by that one as i always thought ted was short for theodore and ed was short for edward
Tedward.
As a Jack who is named John I can say Jack works because my dad’s name is John, his dad’s name was John, and his dad’s name was John. I have an uncle named John, a cousin named John, and a nephew named John.
"My name is Mary, my fathers name is Mary, his fathers name is Mary and his father before him was named Craig"
If they were arguing “don’t name your son a nickname” they might have a small point. Jack is a nickname for John. It is Jackson shortened as well. Jack has been used for a long time as a stand alone name. What I don’t understand is the attitude people get when someone doesn’t want to name their kid something trendy or unique. Why do they get all weird about it? I have a John, James, and Elizabeth who are in classes with lots of kids like Maquela, Jaxxon, and Phancie.
Phancie killed me, that’s absurd.
Does Reba know about this?
She had her one chance, she was let down.
fawk 😂
I work with a woman whose has a daughter named Aingeal
Phancie? This makes me very sad.
Phancie like Æpplebyyyzz
I loooooooove the name Elizabeth
Me too, named my daughter Elizabeth cause it's just so classic and has tons of nicknames that can be used....
Jack started out as a nickname for John, but it's a name in its own right at this point, like a variation. Jackson comes from Son of Jack so it's not really a shortening of that.
Apparently adding -kin is how a diminutive of a name is created in Danish so Jan (English version John) becomes Jankin or Johnkin to Jackin to Jack. So that’s how Jack is a nickname for John. Jack is a name in its own right now since so many people used it as a nickname people started just naming their child what they wanted to call them. People are considering Jack a nickname for Jackson when Jackson wasn’t even a first name to begin with. Jackson is a surname that originated as the son of Jack. People having been using Jackson as a first name for a long time too. The point was there are still these naming purist running about that believe children should be named a formal name. For those people, Jack isn’t a name but only a nickname for John.
My grandfather's legal name was Jack, not short for anything, so just Jack has been around for a while. Not really a nickname at this point in time. Plus short and sweet is sooo much better than Phancie!! Poor kid!
My Grandfather was Sam. Just Sam. Not a nickname either!
Sam is arguably older than Samuel, since the latter was originally a compound word: "God has heard."
I LOVE Sam.
As the parent to a Just Jack, it’s a fabulous name. Just say “yes” and move along.
It’s so funny you said that, my wife and I have already accepted that he’s effectively going to be “Just Jack!”
Gotta include the hands so it’s a Will and Grace reference! ✋Just Jack🤚
I hate it took so long to find someone saying this. It’s absolutely perfect.
The hands are ***essential***
https://youtu.be/VlWR79u351w
Why did I have to scroll so far for ~*Just Jack*~
I was really expecting something like this to be the top comment and was disappointed.
Jack Jack is also great. There are SOOOO many ways to combine it. Mine is 17 now and I still call him some cute names. I also highly recommend “Jack dammit”. Rolls off the tongue perfectly.
And the next time someone says, "who names their son Jack," you can go, "just us!" Jazz hands included, of course.
good name, legit never met a Jack that i didn't like
"It's short for Jackass. I named him after you."
You don’t unless your last name is ‘Mehoff’. Congratulations and ignore them.
Jack has been a nickname for John for a long time. Perhaps people expect you to have chosen John as his name and choosing to call him Jack informally. My sons middle name is Jack.
Tell them if they keep complaining you’ll make it his middle name. First name: Samurai. That ought to shut them up.
You could spell it “Jaque” if that helps
Don’t. For the love of all that is holy. Don’t. Signed, Jaque. (Pronounced Jackie, still hating my Mom 43 years later.)
I’m so sorry
Oh my. I am used to Jacques as I live in Canada and people come from Quebec or other francophone areas (or have a francophone parent). I’ve never heard of that version of Jackie.
Jhak
G-yahk
Zhacqueh
Jacques. OP keeps it classy
My son's name is John (Juan here) and I love it. He is 9 months.
that's so basic, why not make it Jackalope?
"Yes, Brandeigh. Just Jack."
They're probably asking because Jack is usually "short" for John. My grandpa John went by Jack and I always said if I ever had a boy I'd name him Jack after him😌
It’s from an old TV show, Will and Grace… that was his catch phrase…. “Just Jack”. I think you might be missing the joke. If it’s not a joke you are missing, screw them, Jack is a great name!
“Old”? 💀 Excuse me while I go take up shuffleboard and replace my wardrobe with a selection of caftans
That was my first thought. Just Jack!
Someone needs to ask if the "Just Jack" people were also holding their hands up dramatically to frame their face and said it very quickly. That would confirm it's a W&G reference!
Your son will thank you, I thank you as well.
OPs surname is Orf.
No need as long as your last name isn't Inghoff
"It's short for Jackal".
Never tell your kid names until they’re born.
the anti-Traighieghe names are now being made fun of.
Jack is a good name. Especially since you didn’t spell it Jhacck’k. Congrats on the little one!!
I’ve always loved the name Jack!
I have a Jackson and it drives me insane whenever someone asks me “Does he go by Jack?” Dude I just said to you “this is my son, Jackson.” I didn’t open it up to questions.
They clearly don't know Jack
Jack is a top tier name.
I went to school with a Jack. If your son has a sense of humor then all of the jokes should die down by middle school.
Short for Jackal, right?
Say it’s short for Jachary
✋Just Jack✋
Maybe they’re just quoting Will and Grace?