Caspar or Casper?

[CakeandRoses]

Just under two weeks to go before DC2 makes his or her entrance to the world and I'm just doing my final hospital bag check, newborn clothes wash etc. I thought I'd also better make use of this time to be sure of the name we'd picked out for a boy!

We're pretty set on Caspar, unless he really doesn't look like one when he arrives, in which case it'll be back to the drawing board time

The only thing is, I was sure about the spelling with an A as this seemed more correct somehow and less associated with the cartoon (spelt with an E) but I've noticed when I or others have posted about 'Caspar' most people reply and write 'Casper'.

Should I stick to Caspar and just accept that we/DS will spend our lives correcting the spelling or would Casper be better/easier?

[castille]

Caspar, definitely

There are lots of names that people can't spell, doesn't mean you have to pander to them!

[Hedwig3]

Completely agree with Castille.

[ShowOfHands]

It's Caspar.

[CakeandRoses]

Thank you all and congratulations to Imarried's friend on her new baby Casper

Castille - but is Casper an incorrrect spelling rather than just a preference?

[jennycomelately]

The A spelling is more common I think, my ds has the E version and is sometimes misspelt, but it's no big deal. Use the one you prefer, fab name either way

[castille]

I don't think the E spelling is incorrect, but it looks wrong to me so prefer the A.

[CakeandRoses]

Castille - ah, I see. I'm not sure why I got it into my head to begin with that Caspar was the 'right' spelling so was hoping you'd enlighten me!

and weirdly, I think the E spelling looks nicer in a way.

jenny - presuming you meant the A version is more 'common' as in more usual? But it's a good point, whichever version we choose, it'll probably get misspelled! Out of interest, do you get a good reaction to the name generally?

[castille]

According to my research, Casper is a variant of Caspar, which is of Persian origin.

So the A spelling is arguably the original spelling, if that matters to you.

[jennycomelately]

Oh yes, more usual I mean

We've always had a good reaction to it from friends/random people, my son says "why did you give me such a stupid name" but he's a teenager so I don't take too much notice...he's the only one in a large school with the name and likes being unique! It doesn't tend to get shortened which is also good.