Casper / Caspar?

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Hello! THinking of this for my DS due later this year! Any thoughts? I had an inkling it might mean clown in GErman?!

Don't know what it means, but sounds lovely, as does Gaspard/ Jasper.

Thanks! We have a "J" surname so Jasper not really an option...

Why not? Jasper Anthony Jones or something beginning with a vowel in the middle would break it up nicely?!

My sister has a Caspar with an a. I think Casper is the ghost....?

I think Jasper Jones (or whatever) sounds really good. I think some names work really well with the same start letter

However, also really love Caspar

Er, yes, with a K it does basically mean clown in German. Kind of the Punch (as in "and Judy") equivalent IYSWIM. But does that matter? I love the name and would seriously have considered it for dc2 were it not for the fact that I have a lot of German friends. But if you don't, is its meaning in German that much of a problem? I bet a lot of names mean something funny/inappropriate/ rude in at least one other language.

Caspar, or Cass for short - talk about poncey. Imagine the effect if yelled on a football pitch to a 40-something bloke. If you ask me (which I appreciate you haven't!) it's up there with Louis and Noah for "fashionable in the Noughties". Bleugh.

nope, not my cuppa i'm afraid, it's trying so hard, it hurts.

Lockets, you would say that, you chose it! But whast does everyone else think? For me, Cass is Ok, at a push, but Caspar is just...cringeworthy.

Casper - regardless of how you spell it - to me, is a ghost.

I much prefer Jasper (though wouldn't choose it myself), and I like the illiteration with the J surname (unless the 2 really don't go).

I like Casper

Caspar is a great name.

As is Cass.

I'm imagining the effect of yelling it at a 40yr old on a football pitch and I'm imagining that Cass/Caspar/Cassius/Castiel turns round to see what I want. Excellent, everybody's a winner.

Actually I've heard blokes shouting each other at football matches. It's all "oi wiggsy" and "on me head banksy". Testosterone soup.

I have a Caspar and have a mixed response - people either love it or go so you need confidence in the name. I love it though I occasionally felt a bit silly in the early days, until my confidence grew in my choice of name. Casper is the ghost btw, Caspar is proper imo!

Im sorry but regardless Casper/ Caspar does everyone not automatically think of the ghost?

Agree,think its really cringeworthy tbh - sorry.

Cass is lovely nn though.

am not a fan of Casper sorry but I do love Cassian and Cassius

it's a ghost-related nickname to me

I have a DS Casper and have had nothing but positive responses (to my face ). I love it the origin is Persian meaning "keeper of the treasure", I also know of two others in our area know I am biased but I think it's a great name.

Love it (my DS is Jasper) x

Casper is fantastic name. I can't use it because my two existing sons already have names of cartoon characters

I can't get the clown connection out of my mind. It certainly isn't a name that would work well in Germany/Austria/Switzerland for that reason.