Casper ???

[Pebbles0934]

Late night pondering.... Casper or Caspar? Which spelling? Is it the worse the name ever? Is it "posh"? Is it popular? Do you know any?

I like Cassius and Cassian but feel they are too out there for me and complicated pronunciations!

I like Cass. But not a name!! Any advice?

I love, love, love Caspar. It's on our shortlist. I'd spell it with and "a" so it's not the same as the friendly ghost.

CyrilSneer Our DS is likely to arrive around epiphany so I thought it was a nice seasonal but not too obvious choice. I've been met with blank looks when I mentioned this (DH: what do friendly ghosts have to do with Christmas?).

I'm glad someone knows what I'm on about

Caspar was one of the Three Kings of Christmas Carol fame, iirc

(with Melchior and Balthazar)

Caspar! :) it's cute, easy to spell and not super common.

Castor is awesome... however, not in the U.K. Or any English speaking country...

Love Casper. If there ever is a DS2, it will be his name!

Sorry, but I think it is a truly horrid name and I would not saddle a child of mine with it.

I love it. I'd spell it Casper

I love it, I'm due number 3 soon and its on our boys shortlist. I am very much in favour of the spelling Caspar, as it seems to be the original. Casper is the spelling for the friendly ghost. Caspar was one of the three wise men so good if you are due near Christmas!

I had it for if my dd1 was a boy 9 years ago, then with number 2 (who was a girl anyway) I didn't consider it because I thought it had got too popular, but I've checked statistics and realised it's not anywhere near as popular as I thought which is good. Casper is a more popular spelling though, even if not original.