to ask is Jackser an Irish name.

[Mumoftwinsandanother]

I've not heard of it although I could swear the man I just met by that name is Irish. DH says he is Welsh. He's usually better at accents than me given he is Scottish.

I'm South Wales born amd have never heard of a Jackser

Never heard of the name but the only reference to it I can find is a character in a book based in ireland

It’s a slang word for the name “John” but I’ve never heard anyone use it in Cork

Not a name in Ireland - maybe someone’s nickname?

It could be a nickname for Jack or John, I suppose? I'm from Dublin and have never heard it.

I’m irish and have never heard it.

I can imagine it being a pet name/nickname for Jack though.

It’s a nickname. Like Australians often add ‘......zza’, in Ireland (bogger slang) we’d add ‘....ser’ after a hard ending name like Jack.

I'm Irish and definitely don't know any Jacksers. Jack and Jackie, yes, but Jackser, definitely not.

There's a Joxer in the play 'Juno and the Paycock' by Sean O'Casey, but I've never met a Jackser or ever heard of anyone with that name. Born and raised in Ireland.

Are you sure it was Jackser and not Joxer? Joxer would be a Dublin nickname for anyone really (as in, not tied to any particular name) . As per the Christy Moore song "We all agreed that Joxer was the man to drive the van"
www.christymoore.com/lyrics/joxer-goes-to-stuttgart/

Trout your cultural references are more high brow than mine I'm embarrassed!!
I've never met anyone called either name either

Do you not believe the man OP that he's from where he says he is, or is it a disagreement /bet with your DH?

I would say Jackser is a low brow nickname for Jack (so possibly even John). Pretty positive his mother did not refer to him as Jackser! But his friends down the pub might well do so.

I wondered if it was Joxer too. I've heard that a few times when in Ireland.

He uses the name Jackser professionally so if it is a diminutive or nickname its one he was probably christened with. I really don't think he was welsh. Thought he was Southern Irish from the soft lilt. Whereabouts are you Spud that you add "ser" to names?

My nickname for DS is Joxer (or Jox). It was my mum's nickname for my brother when he was young too. (Working class Dub)

Haven't heard of Jackser as a name

I'm more curious about getting Welsh and Irish accents confused...

The Joxter is Snuffkin’s dad (Moomins geek)

Midlands. But I’m pretty sure it’s something from my mum who is Dublin. Oh! Actually my uncle (60’s) from Dub does this with his friends names.

Not Irish. Its not a name as far as I know. It is definitely a nickname though in Ireland as is Joxer.

I'm a bit curious about getting Irish and Welsh accents confused as well. I'm pretty sure I never would its just the way DH said it "Oh, he was Welsh" in a slightly patronising way made me think. He (Jackser) didn't claim he was from anywhere, question never came up. He came over to quote for a job I need doing. DH came in said "Hello, good tae meet ya, I'm Stuart" and Jackser said "Good tae meet ya, I'm Jackser" and then DH left. Later, I said to DH that I liked his quote the Irishman. DH said "what Irishman"? I said the young chap here earlier. DH said, "pretty sure he was Welsh". So I looked up the name and the only reference I could find was same as an earlier poster in an Irish novel.

Definitely not Joxer. I know that, heard the Christy Moore song and also heard it in passing. He had written it down - its on his business card.

Um... the Irish accent - all twelvety billion of them really do not ever sound Welsh. And I love the Welsh accent but I do not hear any resemblance between any of the potential 32 Irish accents (we seriously differ county to county!) and the Welsh one.

Think its Joxer , as previous posters said. Never heard of jackser

Whereabouts are you Spud that you add "ser" to names?

Interesting Spud is in the Midlands. I am too (Nottinghamshire) and we often add ...ster onto the end of names. In fact it's more accurately pronounced ...sta

Jack-ster
Kev-ster
Dan-ster

When I first read the name, I assumed that's what you meant.

I agree that they really don't sound the same. I don't know loads of Welsh people but I do know a few and I know hundreds of Irish from all different parts - that is why it was such a put down. So I want to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he was "feckin'" Irish. Obviously if I accept his quote I can ask him politely in the course of conversation. Thing is DH is Scottish and has so many Irish friends that I feel generally a bit less knowledgeable re accents but would like to prove myself right for once.