Noah or Jasper?

[Ftm2022]

Hubby and I cant agree. We’re open to both names but whats better?

Both very nice names. Possibly Jasper has the edge. Then you could use Noah for the next one?

Jasper!

Noah is nice but very popular.

Goodness, don’t even want to start thinking of the next one after experiencing how tough pregnancy is

@Ftm2022

Hubby and I cant agree. We’re open to both names but whats better?

I should add that what puts me off Noah is how popular it is. What puts me off Jasper is that it’s not popular enough haha. Jasper sort of had a posh sound to me which I didn’t like the idea of.

For once on one of these threads, I actually really like both names. Noah would edge it for me. For what it's worth, I have two kids aged 3 and 6 and neither of them have a Noah in their friendship / school / pre school groups so I don't think it's that popular. And I know a couple of dogs called Jasper so that would put me off slightly (although my aunt has a cat with the same name as my youngest so wouldn't preclude it!)

I love Jasper.

Noah

But that’s because I also know people with pets called Jasper.

Jasper

Noah

Jasper, by a long way. I like it a lot.

I don't understand the popularity of Noah, it's such a whiny sounding name.

Noah and Jasper have very different class connotations, if that sort of thing bothers you.

Both are nice names, but I would be surprised to meet brothers Noah and Jasper. The middle class version of Noah seems to be Theo right now - does that appeal?

My DS is Jasper and his bf is Noah. They sound nice together. I prefer Jasper obviously :).

Anything but Noah

We have a Jasper. Definitely not posh here

I like both. Jasper was our second choice for DS.

Jasper is quite middle class, which it sounds like you don’t want.

Noah and Jasper have very different class connotations

@MyAnacondaMight

Is this recent? When I had my Noah he was the only one we knew and the name didn’t seem to have any class connotations.
I’d hate to think people would judge him because of his name

@Ftm2022

I have a noah but really like both names and jasper was on my list for my subsequent boys’ names
Which goes better with your surname?

@Frogsandsheep I don’t think Noah has any bad connotations, it’s just that Jasper is a bit posh and Noah isn’t particularly.

My 8 year old is Noah. Only one other child with same name in whole school

@GemmaRuby

Thank you.

My Noah is an older teenager and it wasn’t a popular name at all when he was born and some people were actually surprised at the name! I believe it’s much more popular now.

I prefer Noah, to me Jasper is a cat’s name.

Jasper by far. Noah is a dog's name.

@NanooCov thank you! We’re in New Zealand where Noah has been in the top 3 names for the last few years. Jasper on the other hand is down in the 40s.

@MyAnacondaMight
We love Theo. The problem with waiting to have kids is that our family and friends have taken our favourite names for their own kids in the last 2 years, including Theo. Previously our top names were Oliver, Lucas and Theo.

@GemmaRuby

Actually we’d prefer the name to not have any class connotations