Jack or Oliver?

[Dyinginsideatthecringe]

Hello,

These are the two names we are down to -

Whatcha think?

Jack

Oliver

Or reevaluate? Haha (please don't say this one )

I love both. To me Oliver is a cheeky name and Jack is a sporty name :)

Oliver - lovely

Both really good names. I prefer Jack though as I'm not keen on Ollie.

Oliver hands down, classier, and there's always been a joke of Jack being 'f' boys or naughty lads in general

Oliver. Jack is a nickname.

Definitely Jack.

They are both very popular. Hopefully your surname is less common. If I had to choose, probably Jack.

Jack. I like both but less keen on Ollie, which is likely with Oliver in the future.

Love both
Can't pick

Honestly, neither unless you have a very unusual surname. If not, please consider giving him an unusual middle name or even two middle names so that he has an extra initial. You will save him from a lifetime of administrative confusion.

Sadly my married name is very common, my maiden name was unusual haha I don't really like any other name I'll keep looking! That's for the feedback guys

Double-barrel?

Much prefer Jack

Jack

I like Oliver Jack together.
I'd use both.

@Dyinginsideatthecringe don't keep looking if you like those best! Who cares what other people think. They're both lovely, doesn't matter what your surname is.

@Dyinginsideatthecringe

Sadly my married name is very common, my maiden name was unusual haha I don't really like any other name I'll keep looking! That's for the feedback guys

Could you give your maiden name as a middle name so the full name sounds a bit more unusual?

[quote queenmother]@Dyinginsideatthecringe don't keep looking if you like those best! Who cares what other people think. They're both lovely, doesn't matter what your surname is. [/quote]
I completely agree that others' opinions don't really matter, but it is important to consider the implications of your child's name and a very common surname plus one of the two most popular boys' names of the last twenty years will mean that OP's son would find himself in the middle of some administrative mix-ups over the course of his lifetime. There are plenty of ways to make the name more distinctive while still using Jack or Oliver, as suggested above - a distinctive or second middle name, or double-barrelling the surname, for example.

Jack. Oliver is very wet, it’s the name for a drippy, wimpy, feeble little mummy’s boy right along with Benjamin.

Jack, no question

Can't go wrong with either. Go for it.
He will be known as Ollie A or Jack B due to there being at least one and possibly six other kids with same name in every class.

No Jacks or Olivers locally to me funnily enough. I know two boys called Fox and two called Wolf though

Just give him an unusual middle name. Sorted

Jack 😊 Mine is lovely!! I think he was the only one in his year at primary school and he doesn't have any mates called Jack now (he's 20) There are loads of Ollies about

Jack, I like both though.