Here we go again...

[Tillygetsit]

I was all set to name this baby Jasper Francis but tonight, dh has told me he has tried really hard to like it but just doesn't. He thinks it's too comedy posh in his words.
I have to let it go, dont I?
We've decided to choose from the following names. Which would you pick? We're not really open to other suggestions as we both have large families where most names have been used.
Asher
Adam
Edwin
Patrick
Douglas
Thank you.

Patrick

Jasper Francis is great imo. Not 'comedy posh' at all. Jasper however is a bit trendy. I adore Francis.

Asher: no.
Adam: it's really nice.
Edwin: lovely.
Patrick: really solid. Yes.
Douglas: it's OK but really not my cup of tea.

My DH has form for this. We discussed and picked a name for our last baby then he announced it didnt suit her and refused to budge. He suggested her name. Hes very laidback normally but I'm detecting some control freakery around naming our children!
First dh was the opposite and couldn't have cared less. I named both dc. Bliss!
I've told dh I'm not happy with any of the names and we should leave it for now.
Thanks for the help.

I like Jasper but my DH vetoed due to Mr Carrot.

Edwin is the only one I like on your list.

@Tillygetsit hmmm how frustrating for you. Is he coming round to the name a bit now? I’m sure if you google any name forum there will be a discussion about how jasper is not reserved for posh people. Names just aren’t like that anymore

You can’t drop Jasper for being comedy posh then call him Edwin!

Jasper is pretty cool and I don’t think it’s all that posh tbh

I'd go with Adam Francis.

I personally think genuinely posh people (of which I am not one) would pick Adam over Jasper

I can’t picture a royal baby called Jasper tbh

I absolutely love the name Jasper and really hope you get to use it

They’re not one homogenous mass. ‘Genuinely posh people’ who like the name Jasper would choose Jasper and ‘genuinely posh people’ who prefer Adam would choose Adam.

That said I don’t know many posh Adams.

Adam followed by Patrick.

Could you keep Jasper as the mn at least?

I’ve got a baby Francis would you not consider it as a first name?

Jasper is better than any of those other names. The only problem with Jasper Francis is the Francis. Call him Jasper Patrick

All the super posh rich people I know of locally call their babies top 10-style names eg Thomas, Oliver, Adam, Alexander and George (and NOT Rupert Hugo or Jasper etc). It was only an observation. I’m sure there’s loads of exceptions. Sorry if any offence caused @TatianaLarina ❤️

Is it the combo he doesn’t like or just one of the names. Jasper is lovely but I’m not keen on Francis. What about Jasper Robert

Not in the slightest offended.

Posh conservative and choose trad names like Alex George Henry. Less conservative might choose Jasper, Orlando, Cosmo.

For me tho Jasper’s an old biblical name and not strongly associated with any class.

Patrick is so handsome and underused but such a classic name

I also like Adam

We're giving up for a bit as we've got ages yet. He vetoed my absolute favourite and now the compromise. I'm a bit fed up tbh. Francis is a family surname so that will stay. Would he odd to have it as a first name though.

Douglas

Jasper isn’t posh, it’s just lovely, but I agree with your husband that paired with Francis it becomes a bit wet. Can’t you get rid of Francis?

All the names on your list are nice too. Sorry not much help.

Just read that you have to have Francis as MN, so I’d go for Adam or Patrick as first name to sort of balance it out a bit

Jasper Patrick

Sorry to see that, @Tillygetsit. Jasper Francis was a nice name.

Are there any names from the other thread apart from Asher that you liked?

Francis is cool as a first name. I will go against the grain here and say I really don't like Jasper. I do believe that both parents have to like the name so I would insist this time he doesn't push in with a "he doesn't look like x" and then picks a name but that it has to be a name you both like.

Adam.
Jasper is a cat’s name for me!