Jaze or Jayze

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To be pronounced to rhyme with maze?

I prefer Jaze as it's simpler but my DP thinks Jayze looks more solid as a name. We don't like traditional names so James is off the menu. We liked Jay but it's a bit overdone and more boring.

*Jayze’

People will assume it's pronounced Jay-Z

If you wanted Jay-Z then I'd be advising a name starting with J followed by a middle name starting with Z even though Z is zed rather than zee in the UK

I read this like Jay Ze. Is that not what you were going for?

Go with either but be prepared to hear HUH? a lot.

If it's got to be one or the other, probably Jaze - because it's spelled like maze and that's the sound you want. There are so many lovely names out there though OP.

So you don’t like the name James. That’s fine, but just because you don’t like one traditional name doesn’t mean you have to label your child for his entire life with a name you have just made up. Get going on those baby name generators, traditional name lists, names beginning with J lists to find something that doesn’t shout “we is younique parents with no empathy or imagination innit” .

Jaize. Definitely.

This

The poor child will be ridiculed for sure.

Or Jay-Zed?

I read jayze as Jay-Z. It also makes me think of Jeyes Fluid, I'm afraid.

Dear God no. Is there not even a tiny part of you that thinks this is a feckin stupid name (actually it’s not a name).

What about Jayden? You could shorten it to Jayz?

Yes I thought maybe Jayze would be read like Jay-Z. I get that lots of people won't like Jaze. I don't mind Jace actually although that sounds more like a shortening of Jason.

Being honest- they are both awful! Sorry OP!!

I know a lovely Jace who is just Jace, not Jason.

To be fair, there is a Jaze who’s an Irish football player. His dad is a Jason. Jaze is a better spelling than Jayze.

They are awful

I wonder how you arrived at the connotation of 'naughty boy'
I don't particularly like the names either but how does it evoke a child who'd be assumed to be naughty?

classic names, great choice either spelling you go for it!

I think this is a joke, but if not, you do realise that ‘unique’ names are the new ordinary and boring?

How about Jabez? It's a biblical name.

It might work in chavvy areas like parts of Essex but anywhere else would be awful. Why condemn a child to this?

The op.might be American, in which case - whole different level of acceptable made up names. I know a 2 year old called Kensington for example. And Sloane is popular, which is the worst name I've ever heard.

Good, solid name. Brian sprang to mind too. Or perhaps Colin.

Just call him Chav and be done with it

Or Nigel. That’s unique these days