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beegeehee · 19/10/2026 22:47

i have always wanted a baby Kasper. Sister didn't know this so just a coincidence she announced her newborn Kasper 3 months ago. I didn't mention anything but smiled and kept quiet now feel really sad that the name i love so much i can't use.

I don't want my baby to have the same name as a cousin so won't use the same also wouldn't want to upset my sister. It would also be confusing as similar surname both double barrelled starting Smith and second double barrel is the same letter. So need a new name.

It's the Kas sound i love and Kasper sounds so strong. I had planned on the nickname Kaspie. I can't find a similar varient i love as much. Kassius, Kassian, and Kassiel just don't feel as strong. Hoping someone here may know a variant i hadn't thought of?

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Clearingaspace · 20/10/2026 22:04

MirandaBlu · 20/10/2026 07:14

FWIW, Cassander is also a legitimate/traditional name, a Latinised form of the Greek Kassandros - although it might be confusing in English as the feminine form Cassandra is much better known / more familiar. There were Macedonian kings called Kassandros (Κάσσανδρος). Casandro is also used in Spanish-speaking countries.

Quite like Cassander for a boy, guess it could be spelt with a k?

ExquisiteDecoration · 20/10/2026 22:19

LizandDerekGoals · 20/10/2026 21:53

Was he related to Jasper Carrott?

and Cassius Clay, can’t get much stronger.

pinkishtongue · 21/10/2026 08:26

To be honest, the name Kas, whatever it’s short for, is out of the question now. Your parents can’t have two grandchildren with the same name (she will probably shorten it to Kas herself)

Back to the drawing board.

Fleabagpeabag · 21/10/2026 08:31

pinkishtongue · 21/10/2026 08:26

To be honest, the name Kas, whatever it’s short for, is out of the question now. Your parents can’t have two grandchildren with the same name (she will probably shorten it to Kas herself)

Back to the drawing board.

Agree. You may as well.use Kasper if you are going to call him/her Kas.

LIZS · 21/10/2026 08:47

Unless you are pg with a boy due imminently is this not getting a bit ahead of yourself. Surely you can be more creative with a name and maybe incorporate similar as a middle name. What does your dh suggest?

MerryAquaKoala · 21/10/2026 08:51

StockingsByTheFire · 19/10/2026 22:57

Kash?

Are you very close with your sister, so will end up shouting "Kasper, Caspian, time for tea" which might get right on your wick.

Is it better to now go for something totally different?

Agree with this

MerryAquaKoala · 21/10/2026 08:52

Kit

Favouritefruits · 21/10/2026 08:53

I think you’ve been lucky! My son has a friend Casper who gets the mick taken out of him all the time now he’s at high school, ‘Casper the friendly ghost’ is shouted at him daily, even the teachers make comments apparently!

QuirkyHorse · 21/10/2026 08:56

My sister gave her dd the name I had chosen (and she knew) to her little girl, born 10 days before mine.

As it happens, the alternative name I chose for my dd suits her far better than the original name, which my niece wears well too.

I was upset at the time but soon got over it.

For you, I like Cassius.

KindlySurfiingPlatypus · 21/10/2026 09:03

How about Crispin or Crispian? (As in the Henry V speech "St Crispian will ne'er go by from now until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered"

Or Cassius or Cassian?

If you choose a hard-C spelling not a K it will be better for avoiding confusion between cousins

Jellybean23 · 21/10/2026 09:07

Lucas could be shortened to Cas

user293948849167 · 21/10/2026 09:10

Caspian
Nicholas/Nico
Kostas
Lucas and call him Kas for short
Luca

Or save the “Kas” name for if you have a girl- Cassie, Cassandra, Kasey, Kassia

Also used to work with an Indian girl called Kashvi, or Kash for short which is very pretty

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