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.

Horrendous. As are your other options. OP I think your pregnancy hormones are doing you a disservice.

Don't go for Jace either. Some lower-than-lowlife from "Teen Mom 2" has a son called that. She's not the kind of person you want to have the same taste as.

Your kid is going to have 99 problems 😂😂😂

Made me think of Jeys cleaning fluid...sorry !

Are you sure you want a child? S/he is going to get mercilessly bullied. How about a dog instead?!

Please don't saddle your child with such a name, they will never ever be taken seriously.

I would try and come up with a sensible name suitable for an intelligent, responsible adult, rather than a footballer or X factor contestant.

He's hardly going to be Lord Chief Justice with a name like Zade!

I think it's good to go for a name with some other meaning, as well as the nice sound. A cool and unusual name would by River.
I know it's an outdated concept, but I think the 'ay' sound has been used a lot on girly names: Fay, May, Jade, Freya, Lorraine.

Without a hard consonant, can it sound a bit forgettable: Dale, Dane, Wayne?

Dirk, as in Dirk Bogarte is an unusual and short name.

He would get called Jay-Z. At least by me, if I met him.

Amazon.

Is unusual, but very current in feel, with the rain forest.

Nile ( after the river and source of life)

Horrid

This is obviously a joke

Jace is better,
Zade not a fan how about Zane or Zeke.

Don't be daft

FFS Blaze is a euphemism for smoking weed. That really will cement the idea that his parents are nobbers.

Zade is an actual name. It's Arabic and not unique. But is nice.

What's wrong with Jai?

Blaise is a French saint. It’s used a fair bit in France and by Catholic families generally. I know an Irish Blaise.

It’s a nice name. But not spelt Blaze I agree.

Maxim is a very good name.

It's a character in ' Rebecca' and when everyone calls him Max, you can have the childish pleasure of correcting them and saying: "No! It's Maxim! " as in the Daphne du Maurier novel" , or "No! Think 'Last night I went to Manderley!'.

What is a name but a collection of sounds and associations, but it's a good idea to canvas views, as you have done.

I can imagine using Jace as a shortened form of Jason, but I still thing go for one which can be formal or short and cool. My name has never been popular, but I'm glad I now have a name which can be formal and longer and then a short informal one. I really like those options, and I think even some pop star's kids have changed very unusual-sounding names, so maybe something which has options to personalise.

How about Keith but pronounced Kye-th.

Jaze!
If you add the Y in then it's definitely Jayzee (the rapper)!

I don't usually say this and I chose 4 unusual names for my children but please don't use either.

Didn't realise that everyone would hate it THIS much. I don't think it's that different to a lot of other names to be honest.

Didn't realise Zade was popular. I still like it though. If it's an old Arabic name surely that should make those of you who are having a go about made up names like it? Zane just makes me think of one direction.

I like River actually. And Ace. Kade is ok.

Maxim is a bit stuffy for me.

Jayzeus Christ, neither!

Jaxon is acceptable nowdays, then you could have Jax..? Or Jayden? I'd for for something like Jason, Jacob, Joel.

Consider Balonzo