Jasper or Jaspar?

[creamymilk]

We have named our baby boy Jasper/Jaspar and need to decide on the spelling so that we can register him.

I am leaning towards Jaspar because that is how we pronounce it, ie; par rhymes with car.

Seeing as Jasper is the more well known way to spell it, will Jaspar just seem like try-hard made-up spelling?

[SoupDragon]

Jasper.

[lidofabiro]

Jasper

[catinthehat2]

It will look like these well known names - see if you can guess what they are:

Siman

Jaymes

Michul

Wain

Stevun

[MrsSeanBean]

Seeing as Jasper is the more well known way to spell it, will Jaspar just seem like try-hard made-up spelling?

Yes.

[lidofabiro]

Is there any particular reason you've chosen the Jas-par pronounciation?

[FortunateHamster]

Does anyone spell it Jaspar? Jasper is perfectly lovely.

[ellieinshock]

I think that, even if you spell it JasPAR, people will still call him JasPER and he will have to spend his whole life correcting people's spelling, I'm afraid.

Jasper is a lovely name though, great choice.

[Sidge]

Jasper.

[SoupDragon]

Does anyone pronounce it Jaspar?

[NiceCuppaT]

Jasper
Jasp-er

[thumbwitch]

Jasper.

or Caspar.

But not Jaspar.

[pranma]

Jasper

[secunda]

Jasper

[creamymilk]

Thanks everyone

I think I will spell it Jasper then.

We pronounce it 'Jaspar' because we don't live in England and that is the accent where we live.

BTW I love the name Caspar.

[catinthehat2]

Great name - congratulations!

[Rubena]

Jasper - or he'll be forever spelling it

[highlystrung]

I have a jasper and I'm sure it is spelt differently in some other countries

[LynetteScavo]

Jasper.