Jasper

[moomoo85]

I was wondering if I could get your honest opinions of the name Jasper. We are considering it as the boy option for our second child. Our first is a little boy who has quite a strong biblical name.

My husband is very keen on it. I keep swinging between really liking it and being unsure. I am not sure it is a name that would suit a child as he grows up. Do people think it is a young name?

I don't mind you being honest

Love it! And I've never met one.

I don't like it

I can only imagine a 'wet' child with the name. No idea why

Love Jasper. Love Caspar too.

I absolutely love the English pronouciation of Jasper!

My DH was really keen to use it. I vetoed it. Pet's name.

It’s okay. A bit posh try-hard.

My all time favourite. Love it.

I was reserving it for my future son, but the dog came first so he got the name instead :)

I like it. Sounds very swashbuckling to me!

I like but don't love it. The kind of name that might grow on me.

It's OK. Wouldn't use it myself, but don't mind it.

Reminds me of Jasper Carat? Carrot? Whatever, the commedian. At first glance.

But on reflection, think it suits a boy/man of any age. Like it!

I hate it it reminds me straight away of jasper carrot I'm sorry

Really don't like it, but there's nothing wrong with it as such, just a personal thing.

I like it.

However I don't think I could call my child it after the scene in Miranda where she's calling the dog called Jasper in a really posh voice. Is either keep doing it or just laugh every time I had to call my child!

I also like Chester though.

I know several Jaspers. They're all cats 🐱

I like it, it was in my top three, but DH said it's pretentious, and then suggested Julian as an alternative 🙄

I have a 15 yo jasper. He’s pretty cool

Love it :)

Dislike it personally, it's weak and wet sounding to me, and I don't like Jas or Jasp as (inevitable?) shortenings.

I am the age where it reminds me of Jasper Carrot, but it is very popular amongst my son's peers ( year 3) - apparently because of the popularity of Twilight . We went for Caspar instead - and despite my mother insisting everyone will reference the ghost - she is the only one who ever has 🙄

A few years ago I would have said it carried a bit of a stigma of "poshness," but it seems to be getting more popular now so that wouldn't necessarily be everyone's first thought. I quite like it just as a collection of sounds.