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KeepOnPloddingOn · 16/06/2014 18:55

Jasper?

Does it make you think of a cat?

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Allalonenow · 16/06/2014 19:58

I like it a lot, makes me think of Jasper Tudor, I've never heard of a cat or dog or any pet with the name.

RiverTam · 16/06/2014 19:53

I'm not sure about it with a double-barrelled name, it will sound very posh then. If you surname has been something short and punchy it would work very well, but I think something plainer with a double-barrelled surname.

nasara · 16/06/2014 19:53

I think it's a lovely name and it is/was on my short list but I just quite imagine calling it across a playground - something about it makes cringe ever so slightly and I'm not sure why. To be honest, I think it might be to do with the fact that there's a little boy called Jasper at one of our play groups and his mother is rather loud and a tad annoying, but that's obviously not going to affect you.

I also wasn't too keen on Jas/Jazz as nns, but that's just me.

Alisvolatpropiis · 16/06/2014 19:50

Also Jasper Tudor - historical figure who helped found the Tudor dynasty! < nerd face>

Keepthechangeyoufilthyanimal · 16/06/2014 19:47

It makes me think of a dogs name more than a cat

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KeepOnPloddingOn · 16/06/2014 19:44

I love that it is a precious stone and a town too :)

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KeepOnPloddingOn · 16/06/2014 19:43

Thanks alis and delohin for informing me :)

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ShakeYourTailFeathers · 16/06/2014 19:43

It's a very nice small mountain town in the Canadian Rockies, and the name of my mate's dad's parrot... Grin

I quite like it.

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KeepOnPloddingOn · 16/06/2014 19:43

:/ I guess the one redeeming fact is that I am not remotely posh and neither is dh... So anyone we met would know we are not being posh / pretentious.

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Delphiniumsblue · 16/06/2014 19:38

It is the children's books by Mick Inkpen and Nick Butterworth.

CorporateRockWhore · 16/06/2014 19:37

Sorry, to me it sounds very weedy, wet, waitrose loud parenting type name...

meditrina · 16/06/2014 19:37

I think it's a lovely name. Dashing.

But a bit 'Oh sir'

Alisvolatpropiis · 16/06/2014 19:37

Jasper is a vampire in Twilight op, doesn't do anything particularly good or bad.

RiverTam · 16/06/2014 19:36

I quite like it but a woman at work today said it was a cat's name! We were all a bit puzzled, but I guess she's not alone as you're asking the question!

Alisvolatpropiis · 16/06/2014 19:35

I love it. It is my favourite. Makes me think of Jasper Tudor.

However my dp insists it is slang for wasp in Southern England and has refused to even consider it bastard.

insancerre · 16/06/2014 19:35

We had a rabbit called Jasper
And jazz is a car or a slang term for semen

Delphiniumsblue · 16/06/2014 19:35

Yes- definitely a cat.

HicDraconis · 16/06/2014 19:35

Makes me think of Carrott :)

It's a semiprecious stone, it's a great name.

DitzyDonkey · 16/06/2014 19:35

I much prefer Caspar.....infinitely cooler!!

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KeepOnPloddingOn · 16/06/2014 19:34

I am not posh. We do have a double barraled last name though... :/

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Lollipop11 · 16/06/2014 19:34

I LOVE it !!!

Kveta · 16/06/2014 19:33

lovely name :)

Kantha · 16/06/2014 19:31

There are quite a few little Jaspers round here, and they are from very average/non posh families.

Despite that my own prejudice is that it is a bit posh and even a bit wet as names go.

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KeepOnPloddingOn · 16/06/2014 19:30

A court jester? Whaaaat? lol

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Littlestar3432 · 16/06/2014 19:29

Really nice. Doesn't make me think of a cat at all x