Oscar, Jacob or Peter?

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Hi all, me again, my DH and I like Oscar, Jacob and Peter for a boy. Which is your favourite?

Our little foster child is called Jacob and I've never considered it for my own children and I love, love, love it!!
Our Jacob is the happiest, funniest wee soul you'd ever meet 😁

Peter.

I think Peter is a lovely name, and much less popular than the others.

I love Jake so Jacob. (With Jake for short.)

I really like Peter. Classic and timeless but hardly used at the moment. Would definitely have considered it if it didn't clash horribly with my surname!

I love Jacob! I like Oscar too but don’t like Ozzy as a nickname. Peter is ok, no strong feelings either way.

They are all very different to me.

• Oscar - quite trendy but not over used, I quite like it.

• Jacob - very popular - I always think a Jake should be dark haired. Maybe it's from the Crow in Shawshank redemption called Jake!

• Peter - underused recently, very classic considering it's biblical but feels quite 1950s to me.

Thanks for the opinions! The only problem I have with Peter is the nn Pete. It sounds like a middle-aged man to me 😅. I really like Peter though and wonder if we could pull off avoiding Pete as a nn.

I like Jake and Jacob pretty much equally, so the same issue isn't there.

Yeah - makes me think Pete Beale on his fruit and veg stall a bit!

@JazzyBBG I guess the main drive in name choice for us is something that isn't too fussy and that flows nicely with our slightly unusual, softer sounding surname. That's probably why they seem a bit random!

From experience there are a lot of Oscars in our school. In case that makes a difference to you.

Great list except Peter, which I really dislike. It immediately makes me think of Peter Beale like a PP said
Love Oscar and like Jacob, they are a lot more popular but that wouldn't put me off if I liked the name.

I have a teenage Oscar and still love the name. He’s not Ozzy or Oz and never has been. Sometimes Osci but mostly Oscar or O. Even though it’s been pretty popular for several years I have not come across many of them, despite working with children.

I have met more Jacob’s, but still a great name.

I love Oscar and Jacob is nice too. I’m not really a fan of Peter, it’s just quite dated to me.

I know loads of little Oscars and Jacobs, but only 1 little Peter.

Jacob is lovely but popular. Peter is an underused classic.

Really like Oscar and Jacob but Peter is a nice name too. Rare I like all 3!

Oscar or Jacob. I have an Oscar so I'm biased but it's such a lovely name. Jacob was on our list too. Peter is nice, classic but abit boring.

Definitely Peter.

Peter is my favourite, I think it's a lovely name

I don't like Peter as I always think of petter out and it sounds wet.
Jacob is a great name.

They are all great names!

Peter is such a wet name. Better for a budgie.

oscar is the best on your list.

Depends on middle and surnames.

Jacob is a cool name!

Peter is my pick.

Peter, great name. Doesn’t necessarily get shortened to Pete.