Torn between Jack and Harry

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Jack or Harry?

Both nice but I prefer Jack. Congratulations!

Love both, but Harry would be my pick - I would have used it myself if it worked with our surname better. It’s slightly less commonly used around here than Jack too.

Harry I think

Jack even more overdone. Both nice if you don’t mind the mega popularity

I also like Jacob.

And James?

Both lovely classic names. I slightly prefer Jack, but they're both great. Would also suggest Henry - biased as I have one !

Harry

Both nice. Jack slightly edges it.

Both lovely names...if I had to choose, I'd go with Jack.

Jacob and James are also lovely and a little less commonly used, if that matters to you

The popularity doesn't worry me, but we have a 3 syllable name ending in son, so I'm think more short, one or two syllable first names.

Meant to say thinking

All lovely names but Jack , Harry and James are really common in my children’s nursery and schools, so we have lots of Jack R, Harry S etc

I would go for Jacob.

I prefer Jacob and James. But I generally prefer traditional names rather than ones derived from nicknames tbh. Jacob could quite easily be nicknamed Jack though I think?

Jack.

They (Jacob and James) have the same linguistic routes though. I think they both mean something like "follower" Hebrew (as in disciple), if that matters to you

The best boys name ever imo

Love James, Harry and Jack - in that order. Not a fan of Jacob.

James is lovely - so classic and timeless with a variety of nn’s if he wants them. It’s by far the “safest” of your options in that regards.

I do have a soft spot for friendly sounding Jack as second choice ( although nothing wrong with Jacob and Harry as such).

James is my absolute favourite, followed by Harry. For Harry, I'd have to go with the traditional Henry on the birth cert because I don't like diminutives as standalone names.

Jack is nice enough but I'm old enough to see it as a diminutive of John, even though I know it's a name in its own right these days.

Jacob is OK, but it doesn't really please me. I like Jake a lot, but would want Jacob on the bc as it's a diminutive... but I don't get excited about Jacob so I'd probably rule it out altogether.

Yes, James!

Jack, but I like both!

P.S. Kings' names are usually good. So, James is better than Jack, or Harry.

Harry or James.

I wouldn't have either as a standalone name. John or Henry, known as Jack.or Harry. Probably John (Jack) as a first choice