Name help?

[kengr]

I've got a character named Jon in one of my stories (as those of you who've read them already know)

I need a "girl name" for him. Something that's reasonably close.

I've already thought of "Joan" (just slight vowel shift) and "Jonna" (not sure of spelling, but when I was a kid one of mom's friends had a daughter named that).

Any other ideas?

Comments

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Joanna? June? Joanne?

[kengr]

Joanna? June? Joanne?

I know how to pronounce "June". What pronunciations did you have in mind for the other two?

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Joe + anne or Joe + anna. That's the way my friend pronounces it.

[cleverthylacine]

Jane, Jenny, Jenna, Jehanne, Gina, Joanne, Janna, Janet, Jonette, Johnette, Johnna, Jan, Jennet, Jean, Jeanne, Jeannette, Janelle.

[kengr]

Jane, Jenny, Jenna, Jehanne, Gina, Joanne, Janna, Janet, Jonette, Johnette, Johnna, Jan, Jennet, Jean, Jeanne, Jeannette, Janelle.

Jenny is out as shes one of the other primary characters. :-)

I'm not sure how some of those are pronounced.

Jehanne?
Joanne (like jo-ann? or like joan?)
Janna?
Jennet?

I'm going to assume that "Johnna" is the name of my mom's friend's daughter.

Howabout Joni?

[sailorjim.livejournal.com]

I seem to remember a fairly good singer by that name back in the 60's/70's ...

Re: Howabout Joni?

[kengr]

Wasn't that pronounced "joe-knee"?

I'm looking for soundalike or at least "sound close". Trust me, it makes a difference.

[draxenn.livejournal.com]

what about Jeanne?
it would be pronounced j'anne (a soft j...i can't really verbalize it in text, unless you speak french..)
it's all one word tho, there is no break from the j to the anne...if that makes any sense! :)

[kengr]

Ah! You mean like "Jeanne d'Arc"?

That'd work great. Especially since he's in a French class. :-)

[badriya.livejournal.com]

Joey