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Jasper or Ralph

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JemimaTiggywinkle · 02/01/2021 15:42

What do you think of Jasper and Ralph?

And if you like these, what other names do you like?

I also like Rory but it doesn’t sound right with our surname.

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miltonj · 24/07/2021 19:51

Oh, this is an old thread. Op has probably named her baby by now.... in which case, they're both great! Wink

miltonj · 24/07/2021 19:49

Really don't like the sound of Ralph.Jasper is cute though.

StevieNix · 24/07/2021 19:41

I like both equally - maybe Jasper sligtly more.
I also like Rex and Felix

TatianaBis · 24/07/2021 19:38

Anyway I much prefer Jasper.

Ralph is a bit like Humphrey to me - funny without meaning to be.

TatianaBis · 24/07/2021 19:37

Ralph is Rafe. Rafe is just the phonetic spelling (eg Ralph Fiennes).

Ra l ph is the German pronunciation.

BunnyRuddington · 24/07/2021 18:39

Ralph every time. Have always loved this name and now know a little Ralph and he's great Smile

Cbeebiesrehab · 24/07/2021 14:44

I like both. DD would have been Jasper though so that wins for me!

bloominglovelyorange · 24/07/2021 14:28

Jasper by a mile

Classica · 24/07/2021 13:51

Ralph.

Jasper is awful. He'd be the brother to Harry Enfield's Tim Nice-But-Dim character.

Jasper or Ralph
KC2021 · 24/07/2021 13:40

Lovely names. I have 3 boys, my latest boy was born on Tuesday.

I have Rory, Stanley and Jasper. The others at the top of my list were Murphy, Flynn & Rafferty as they are Irish but Rafferty really did not go with my surname.
I love Ralph & Ralphie so much too but other half said no xxx

AdamDriversApple · 06/01/2021 11:02

Jasper

Somethingvague · 06/01/2021 10:22

I liked Ralph, but it makes me think of Ralph Wiggum (the really stupid kid in the Simpsons). However, maybe that's just me. Jasper is lovely.

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JemimaTiggywinkle · 06/01/2021 10:19

@AdultHumanFemale that’s really lovely, thank you

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Trisolaris · 06/01/2021 09:14

Love Jasper and Rory!

Carlyt93 · 06/01/2021 09:05

@AdultHumanFemale I totally agree I love it x

SmeleanorSmellstrop · 06/01/2021 08:42

I prefer Jasper!

AdultHumanFemale · 06/01/2021 06:53

Please, please pick Ralph! If I met you in the park and coo-ed over your lovely baby, and you told me his name was Ralph, I would get a warm, glowy feeling that would last all the way home. Ralph sounds honest, full of goodness, like a boy who will grow into a young man who enjoys nature, knows how to do stuff with his hands and who will be the favourite of his friends' mothers ("Oh, DH, I'm so glad Jake is spending more time with Ralph, he's a great influence on him!").

Jasper seems a bit limp.

AlwaysLatte · 06/01/2021 06:49

I love both names! Even more so Rafferty!

babynamelover · 06/01/2021 06:32

I really don't like Ralph. Jasper is okay if makes me think of the vampire books. I think I prefer Casper or Casimir.

Similar feel

Quentin/Quintin
Edwin/Edmund
Russell
Tristan
Oscar
Marcellus
Bede
August
Sylvan
Dominic
Frederick
Francis
Cillian
Griffin
Julian/Jude
Cole
Vincent
Valentin

Mally2020 · 06/01/2021 03:38

Prefer jasper, I think of wreck it ralph...
Also like above Flynn , rory, James, connor , nicholas, matthew

IckleBear · 05/01/2021 20:03

Silas
Rupert
Fabian
Barnaby
Douglas
Caspian
Ernest

Carlyt93 · 05/01/2021 19:50

I really like Ralph ! And love Ralphie x

AdoptedBumpkin · 04/01/2021 19:11

Ralph over Jasper. Jasper makes me think of a dog, somehow.

Namechangedforthisoct2 · 04/01/2021 19:08

Jasper

Firebird83 · 04/01/2021 19:07

I prefer Jasper