Boy honor name

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Can you give me some suggestions on how to honour the name Jasmine but for a boy name? I've thought of Jasper (Persian and shares Jas start whilst being naturey), Theodore (same meaning) and James (shares loads of letters)

The whole concept of "honouring" with a name is a bit to me tbh.

You either use the name or you don't. I keep seeing people try to make links between names so that they can claim to be "honouring" and all it just seems a bit contrived.

If you like the name Jasper or James then use one of them but don't try and make out it's in honour of someone called Jasmine because they're very different names.

J A S initials?

Benjamin is another name with lots of the same letters.

Jasper is my favourite option so far, fwiw.

Jazz

@MowldyStupidAndAssive yeah, i forgot to add that I'm changing my name so it's for me. I just want to honour my deadname and thought that Jasper was as close as I could get to honour my deadname without keeping it as a guy

[quote generalkenobi]@MowldyStupidAndAssive yeah, i forgot to add that I'm changing my name so it's for me. I just want to honour my deadname and thought that Jasper was as close as I could get to honour my deadname without keeping it as a guy[/quote]
In that case, I would go with Jasper

Oliver.

Jasmine is part of the olive family.

I’d go Jasper too.
Well done and good luck with the rest of your transition. I’m proud of you. 🏳️‍⚧️

@MowldyStupidAndAssive It's a big thing in Jewish tradition. DH wanted to honor my MIL so he needed a first name that started with "A" and a middle name that started with "S" and that was considered fairly laissez-faire.

OP: I like Jasper FWIW.

I like Jasper but also Jase and Jas/Jaz

I like Jasper

I quite like the idea of starting your new name with the end of your old one, so maybe something beginning ‘Ne’ but all I can think of is Neil or Nelson which aren’t very inspiring!

Jasper is a great name, and might end up with the same ‘Jas/Xs’ nickname too?

Good luck with everything, and well done on making the change x

@FelicityPike thanks a lot
@allfurcoatnoknickers thanks and yeah I'm with you on the Jewish tradition. My great grandma was Jewish but I don't practice, if I did then I'd go that route
@Guineapiggiesmalls thank you so much for the support. I hadn't thought of it beginning with Ne, I like that idea and like Nelson. And that was my exact thought for Jasper ( I could keep Jazz and JJ as my nicknames like I already use)

Jasper is really nice.

You could also ask your parents what names they were considering if you were a boy?

Jasminder is a male name. It's Indian though so might not work unless you have that heritage.

Another option would be to keep the J initial so you would have the same initials as before.

I also really like the idea of asking your parents what they might have named you. A nice way to include them too.

I knew a Jared, nn Jazz - that could work?

@BertieBotts @pigglepot the asking my parents is out the window because they never had an amab name for me unfortunately, only one for my brother if he had have been amab so that's his and I'd feel weird taking it.
@Screenburn ooh I like that

You can always give a few names a test drive - in Starbucks, online, chatting at the bus stop - and see what you like best.

Another possibility: Jesse, if it's not too American for you.

Another, rather left field thoughtl - Jasmine is part of the Oleaceae family - so Ollie?

Although I like the Jaz names suggested so far.

I think Jazz for a boy would work but I have a jasmine and we shorten it to Jay sometimes too.

Jason is another one.

@RiaOverTheRainbow I like Jason
@NakedNugget oh yeah, I hadn't thought about Jay
@Scarby9 ooh yes! Ollie (Oliver or Olivier) is a fab idea

@RiaOverTheRainbow yep, my social anxiety is bad (so I don't think I could chat to random people 😅) but the Starbucks idea is a really good one

Jamison is another one that sounds a lot like Jasmine.

Jarred - means Rose and could have the nn Jaz

Surely people have called you Jazz quite a lot- wouldn't you just use Jazz from now on? Personally I think it's a cools name as a full name, not just a nickname.