Casper/Jasper/something else

[pennyfig]

Thoughts on Casper/Jasper?
What do they evoke?
Would like something kind of fancy sounding (other child's name is mildly aristocratic - miss me with the judgement, they're just the sort of names we like/have in the family)
Also, I know Casper reminds everyone of the ghost, but I don't really see that as a big deal 🤷‍♀️

Wonder if both names are just a bit too common now, seem to be quite a few Jaspers around anyway.

Would love your thoughts, or alternative ideas.

Thanks! :-)

Hugo
miles
jago

I like both, and neither have any strong associations (other than the ghost). Jasper’s is solidly in the top hundred and adding up the various spellings of Caspar puts it just outside the top hundred so also well used enough not to have major associations. I like both, and prefer Caspar.

I like the name Jasper although I do think you need a bit of a certain lifestyle to carry it off well (the 'aristocratic' one as you put it!). Casper got me evokes either the ghost or a scandi feel (maybe that would be Kasper though?).
Since they're both derived from the name of the wise man who brought gold, I'd be most temped by them if the baby was born around January 5th, but that's just me.

I still can't get past Casper the Ghost.

I like Jasper

I like both.

Felix
Cassius
Hector

I like Caspar but don't like the sound of Jas/Jasper.

How about

Cassius
Quentin
Reuben

I like both. Jasper slightly more, but I wouldn’t worry about the ghost.

Felix
Hugo
Miles
Tobias
Sebastian

I have an almost one year old Jasper and we still love it. Other names on our list were Hugh, Laurence and Alexander

Love Jasper and Casper

I like both of them but Jasper more.

It’s spelt Caspar in the U.K. which gets you away from the ghost - but the film was 20 years ago anyway.

I prefer Jasper but they’re both nice.

Love both of those, also Raphael nn Rafe, or Gabriel?

Oh is it? I haven't come across that spelling before. I feel like he'd always be correcting people?
I don't mind the friendly ghost reference :-)

I’m sure you have - it’s Caspar in the bible, one of the 3 kings.

I think you’d be more likely to be correcting people in the U.K. if you spell it er.

He’d have to specify anyway. Like Anne with an E etc.

I love them both, probably prefer Casper. It’s one of my favourite names. Other similar ideas….

caspian
cassian
cassius
cassander
felix
ludo
rufus
victor
leopold
magnus
vincent
rowan
otto
rafe

Ayrton
Weston
Leo
Fergus
Logan
Avery
Caleb
Rufus
Otis
Jesse
Arley
Basil
Evan
Cosmo
Drazik

Jagger
Luca
Rowan
Leighton
Hugo
Lennie
Jameson
Jonah
Parker
Rueben
Kai
Levi
Preston
Owen

Like Casper/Caspar.
Also how about Caspian?

I've never seen it spelled Caspar either OP and I'm born and bred in the UK.

I think Casper is the more recognised spelling these days

Or maybe you didn’t notice. It slightly depends how old you are - the Casper spelling was only popularised when the film came out.

I know 3 Caspars and they’re all with an a. There’s also Caspar Jopling and Caspar Berry etc

Casper is the most popular spelling in England and Wales by a fair way (spellings and rankings are Casper 193, Kacper 69, Kasper 67, Caspar 66, Kaspar 7). Both Casper and Caspar are probably derived from the Hebrew גִּזְבָּר or gizbar, so neither are the ‘original’ spelling and both variants are acceptable in English.

I love Jasper , we were going to call 2nd child this if we’d had another boy. Not overly keen on Casper but it doesn’t really remind me of the ghost either. I do know more little Caspers than Jaspers though.
Our son is Miles, we also considered Jago, Edward and Hector.

I like both, probably prefer Jasper slightly
(Ps I would spell it Casper and I'm in the UK!)

The only Jasper I knew got teased and called Gasper, so personally I go with Casper