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.

OP didn't ask for your opinion on the name, they asked for your opinion on the spelling.

Jaze sounds and looks better.

Jaze is the better option

What about "Jayzus"?
Short for "BeJayzus," little brother to "Top-o'-the-morning."

I know a few Zade's spelt Zaid. Both dads are Muslim and mums English. I'm not sure the origins of the name.

I know a few Zades. People always take the piss out of names from other cultures on here. It's like they have never come across anyone who doesn't have an English name.

I do wonder where some of them live.

Any of the 'ayden' names. They're great. Jayden, Kayden, Brayden (sp?), Grayden, Spaden, Maiden, Laden. You can have so many! 😋

Okayden…

Hey Katie Hopkins!

Neither- . Jason isn't a great name either. Really sorry but you wanted honesty.

OP
the names you suggest are awful. No one will bother figuring out which spelling is correct, they’ll just call him Jizz

Jago is a good name, if you're looking for alternatives to James

I know a Jace - as a teacher I love a c making a s sound 🤣

How about Craze?

@TwinklingFairyLightz both very common in America, maybe in resistance to the other made up shite they come up with.

Jaze is awful. My cousin named her son Jace and the reaction from the rest of the family was raised eyebrows and ‘what a silly name’! Behind her back obviously, but poor child. What about Xavier?

I think it's worth googling 'classic short boys' names' for ideas.

The truth is that it is all to do with usage. A couple of years ago, you'd never have had Agatha or Ada, but both are popular now.

It's amazing that River and Winter have become accepted boys names....but not Snow or Sleet or Spring. However, that is how it goes and I guess it is the sounds. I guess, a true way to sum it up, is that names ought to have an element of seriousness - gravitas, as well as a pleasing sound, just in case the youngster who is wearing the name wants to do a serious job. And also, names which trip off the tongue can get to sound boring, so a harder consonant, an added meaning, in there, or just a less usual version, gives the name a bit of uniqueness.

Probably 'Jake' isn't as usual, these days, so might be a nice choice.

It’s awful.

*I know a few Zades. People always take the piss out of names from other cultures on here. It's like they have never come across anyone who doesn't have an English name.

I do wonder where some of them live.*

I can't speak for other posters but my kids go to a school where only 10% of pupils have 'English' names. I've still never come across a Jayze or Jaze (but lots of Zaids). In any case, Jayze/Jaze would be an English or American name.

That doesn't change my view that you're saddling your child with an unattractive name and one that people will pre-judge him on, rightly or wrongly.

I know a 17 yr old called Jay. His mum wanted him to be called Jayden. It was too progressive for us boring types back then. Now it's everywhere.

I like Blaze. Not Kade. Jaze etc is terrible. Asa?

Or maybe just call him Gary.

Surely it's Jay-zee??

Both are ghastly. Please don’t give your child this name. If you want to be different then you can choose to change your own name or dye your hair blue or take up unicycling in public or whatever you fancy, but your child does not have a choice. Don’t give them a problem in life before they’ve even begun.

😂 very funny

I've added Jago and Jax to the list, with Jace and Ace.

Anyone else get Jai Ho stuck in their head from reading the word Jai? too damn catchy m.youtube.com/watch?v=xwwAVRyNmgQ

Ezekiel. Shorten to Zeke.
Lazio
Cassian
Dexter

Oooh that reminds me of drinking in the Jabez Clegg pub on Oxford Road when I was a student. Never heard the name since!

Definitely neither!Sorry.