Patrick, Robert, Jasper, Joseph

[WednesdayRebel]

3 weeks til our baby is due and we are stuck for a name! DDs 1 & 2 are Jemima and Abigail (Jimmie and Abby).

What do you think of:

Patrick David (Paddy? Ricky?)
Robert David (Bobbie/Bertie)
Jasper David
Joseph David

I like Patrick and Robert best.

Joseph
Jasper
Robert

Love Rick or Ricky for Patrick.
Every Robert I have ever known has been “Rob” and Joseph has been “Joe”.

Joseph Patrick.

our Joseph is now 16 is very much Joseph, not Joe. All his friends call him Joseph because that's his name. If people say "joe" he just says "my name's Joseph"
I also know a teenage Patrick who is Patrick and not Paddy or Pat.

I love Patrick. Underused IMO, and lots of fab nicknames

I like Jasper best, unusual, classy but not OTT.

Patrick is a close second.

Jasper

Love Patrick and Joseph

Robert. A good solid handsome name.

I love Patrick and would use that myself if I had a boy.
I also really like Robert and Bertie as a nickname

Jasper or Joseph

Joseph or Robert.
Patrick (Patch).
Jasper, another name for a wasp.

Love Joseph but mainly because I love Joe.

I have a Joseph, now 13 and very much a Joe rather than a Joseph. He also has one of the other names you mention as a middle name!

Patrick

Robert or Jasper would be my choices

Don't like Patrick, and I think the nicknames Paddy and Ricky are awful.

So dated and ugly.

I also think Jasper is a dog's name, so on that basis, Robert/Joseph

Robert. Robbie and Rob, rather than Bobby and Bob though.

Joseph is also a splendid name. The Joseph I know is sometimes Giuseppe or Yosef, but never Joe. No matter how hard his teachers try.

Not keen on Jasper but the others are all lovely.

Maybe Robert or Patrick since you already have a child with a J name.

Patrick

I love Patrick. Ricky as a nickname is contrived and ugly though. He'll almost certainly be Pat or Paddy, if shortened at all.

Like Robert too.

All are nice, but Jasper and Joseph are very popular at the moment, whereas the other two are more unexpected.

Patrick David (Paddy? Ricky?) not Ricky
Robert David (Bobbie/Bertie) Robbie. Bobby is just about OK but not Bobbie. Bertie is a no
Jasper David - goes together well
Joseph David - Joe or Joss.

Patrick is lovely but Ricky/Rick are terrible
Love the others too.

I like Jasper and Joseph best :)