Help end medical misogyny. Sign our petition.

Help end medical misogyny.
Sign our petition.

Sign the petition

Please or to access all these features

Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Oscar, Jacob or Peter?

66 replies

Curseofthenation · 14/07/2023 22:20

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

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Coffeeandcakemum · 30/07/2023 21:09

Peter

MoChridhe · 30/07/2023 21:12

My DS is Jacob Oscar

GuessThatGranny · 17/02/2024 21:45

Peter. Long over due a comeback and very cool

TenThousandSpoons · 17/02/2024 21:51

Love Oscar and Jacob.

I really dislike Peter.
Peter Pettigrew, Peter Beale, Peter out.
Will definitely get shortened to Pete when he’s older whereas no Oscars I know are called Ozzy.

KirstenBlest · 18/02/2024 11:34

Peter

Strawberrycheesecake7 · 18/02/2024 11:36

Jacob is my favourite. I like Peter as well. Oscar is okay but I’m not a huge fan of it.

UltraWoman · 18/02/2024 11:36

Peter

UsualChaos · 18/02/2024 11:43

Curseofthenation · 14/07/2023 22:26

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.

Petey is nice though. But will inevitably become Pete, yes.
Jacob for me.

user1492757084 · 18/02/2024 13:30

I could never warm to Jake as a nick name.
Cobby, maybe and Ossie, maybe.
Peter and Pete I like.

Curseofthenation · 18/02/2024 17:41

This is a zombie thread guys. I had a little girl, so none of these got chosen.

OP posts:
KirstenBlest · 18/02/2024 17:48

Congratulations! 👶Flowers Bear

89redballoons · 18/02/2024 19:35

I know a baby Peter with older brother Thomas. Cute names and they go together nicely. They haven't been shortened yet but then you wouldn't expect people to shorten a baby's name.

My favourite of your choices is Oscar, though. Jacob is fine as well but reminds me of Rees-Mogg so I wouldn't use it.

89redballoons · 18/02/2024 20:03

Curseofthenation · 18/02/2024 17:41

This is a zombie thread guys. I had a little girl, so none of these got chosen.

Blush oops.

Curseofthenation · 18/02/2024 20:11

KirstenBlest · 18/02/2024 17:48

Congratulations! 👶Flowers Bear

Thank you! We made a decision that Oscar would have been the name for a boy. I still like all three though.

OP posts:
DiscoBeat · 18/02/2024 20:22

I prefer Oscar but I don't love its over-use. I'd choose Peter

TenThousandSpoons · 20/02/2024 18:02

Ah congratulations on your dd! Sorry I didn’t twig it was a zombie thread.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page