Help me decide please - Jacob or Joseph

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Dh and I can't agree and keep going back and forth.

Jacob (Jake) or Joseph

Both lovely names. I prefer Jacob over Joseph but Joseph over Jake.

Both names are lovely but there seems to be a lot of Jacobs so I’d choose Joseph.

Jacob

I don't like Jacob it doesn't quite roll off the tongue, I like Jake better but prefer and Joseph.

Both are lovely - I can see your dilemma! Joseph is less common, if that’s important to you? I personally prefer the full name Joseph to the full name Jacob, but I prefer the short version Jake to Joe! I think I’d personally pick Jacob / Jake as in the long run it’s likely that the short version of the name is the one he’ll use most often

I love them both, and also the shortened versions, Jane and Joe. They are classic names that will suit the child throughout his life. Too many names now only seem to work for small children. You've got to think about them at 18, 38 or 58 !

Obviously I meant Jake and Joe !

Both lovely. I’d go for Joseph.

Joseph

Much prefer Joseph and love Joe.

Joseph nn Joe.

Jacob is really common

Both are lovely names but I like Joseph slightly more than Jacob

They are both lovely names.

I think Joseph is much more likely to constantly get shortened to Joe than Jacob is to Jake.

I prefer Jacob and Jake to Joseph and Joe.

Joseph is lovely

Joey?

I prefer Jacob to Joseph but I don't like Jake

Joseph. Which sounds best with your surname, Jake or Joe?

Jacob

I love both. Unfortunately DH has a close friend with a son called Jacob, and a cousin with a Joseph. They would have been on our list otherwise.

Biased as I have a Joseph (young adult now, goes by Joe). I love both names though.

Joseph

Both are lovely names, but Jacob has been in the top ten names for many years, so there will be a lot of Jacobs. I'd use Joseph, as it will be a little more unusual a name.

Jacob is my choice.

I have a Jacob though so I'm biased. He's 15yrs old now, and although people say it's a common/popular name, we've only ever met 1 other.

He's never had his name shortened to Jake.

Personally prefer Jacob (and Jake) but both really nice names

I have a Joseph, so obviously I love it, it's popular enough to find his name on the personalised gift items but not so popular that he has to go by Joseph (insert initial) because there's not 5 others in the class.