Is this an unusual name?

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Is Jasper a fairly mainstream name and what are your thoughts? How many Jaspers do you know? We are looking for a name that is known and not too unusual but at the same time, not overly common. Any opinions welcome. Ta.

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I think it's a lovely name but couldn't use it as it's what we used to call wasps when I was at school

Wow, what a great name.

Wish I had thought of it for one of mine !

Stuff "Is it unusual ?" though.

2 TESTS FOR A BOYS NAME....

A) Do you like it

B) Do you think you could snog a Jasper, if so you are not blighting his future prospects with the use of a name.

I know one grown up jasper in his 40s ( a lawyer) no little jaspers. I lke it, unusual but not silly.

I know a (very) little Jasper, the son of a friend, otherwise I'd consider using it myself. Mostly associate it with Jasper Fforde, author of the excellent Thursday Next books? Like it a lot.

I know one 7yo.

i know 2 baby Jaspers.
it's not a name I particularly like tbh, but I think it's becoming more popular

Not a fan of Jasper at all, sorry! Just find it a bit... wet.
Maybe thats because the 1 adult I know called Jasper is a bit of a wet lettuce; really scrawny, not very masculine, no 'umph' about him (and wears an earring, oddly?!)

Also, we used to have a budgie called Jasper.

I know 2 Jaspers. 4 and 34!

I love it, if our baby is a boy it will be called Jasper (finding out sex on Wednesday). We know one Jasper who is about 70. We heard his name being called when I was about 8 weeks pregnant and dh and I just looked at each other and knew it was the name. It's unusual as in you don't know many but it's a normal sort of name if you know what I mean and easy to spell.

Check out the names of all the babies born in 2010 here: www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-225089

It will tell you how many Jaspers there were and how Jasper ranks compared to other names.