Jasper? What do you think?

[RetroMum1]

As simple as that really, what do you think of when you hear Jasper or what do you think of the name?.

Thanks

Love Jasper, arty, like pp said.

We call wasps Jaspers....and spiders Boris....;-]

It's one of those names better suited to pets.

Oscar, Felix, Jasper, Archie, Monty, Rex, Spot, Rover....

To me, they're cute on a very tiny baby, for about five minutes, but you just can't picture them as a grown-up.

Jasper Conran. I love the name and wanted it for ds2 but dh vetoed due to a Jasper in his past he was not keen on . Eventually settled on Caspar, with a brief flirtation with Dexter.

Love it, I teach a Jasper and he is a lovely lad.

oh sir jasper do not touch me

(rugby song, very silly but it's what I always think of, sorry)

I was going to say Jasper nice, in a caddish sort of way (like Rufus).

But after readinf Kerry's post can only say how sorry I am.

I like it in itself BUT I also perceive it as girly...we have a small Jasper at school, he is a lovely boy, but I think the name lets him down a bit.

It means 'keeper of the treasure' I think in Persian...remembered from my 9yo self's baby name lists!

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT (but I am biased: my DS is Jasper). He loves it too, BTW.

Kerry, I am sorry

I think of magic, for some reason... I also think of a nice oldish man I know. Quite posh and a bit trendy at the moment. But very nice.

sorry to hear you lost your son kerrymumbles.
the name Jasper is lovely, I wanted to call ds2 Jasper but xh (h at the time) said no way.

I love it, hate the nickname Jazz though for some reason. But I think the name Jasper is adorable.

But be careful as I think it is going to get very popular very quickly due to the Twilight Saga. I think Edward/Jasper/Emmett/Jacob/Bella are all going to shoot up the name charts.

(I'ma 30 year old woman by the way but LOVE the Twilight books )

Like it, but prefer Casper, and Cas for short.

I like it - is on my shortlist but DH would veto it as we have a friend of that name and so he thinks it is too close.

However I predict it is going to be very popular and I do seem to have a knack of picking not too popular names two years before they go flying to the top of the charts!

I like it, Always have, DH would not allow as a first name though It is on our list as a middle name for potential DS3 though

I think wasp.

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it but that is what we call wasps in Devon.

Love it! but I'm biased - DS1 is Jasper. Someone once described it as 'classic eccentric' which I thought summed it up beautifully.

Didn't know it was in Twilight though, with DS2 being Edward I'm bang on trend aren't I

We are thinking of calling our son that, but pronounced the Dutch way which is 'Yasper'.

Jasper was a serious contender for my DS1... its cheeky.... lovely

I like it but wouldn't have the balls.

Two associations for me:

Twilight - but that will pass as its only a flash phenomenon for a couple of years & he's a minor character...unlike Edward/Jacob.

a really, healthy outdoorsy kid - we ski in Canada every year > Jasper National Park so the name conjures up a picture of mountains & fresh air.

ooh just thought of a tenuous third...

Jasper Bloom - the slimy ex-boyfriend in The Holiday?

The naughtiest boy in dd1's school is a Jasper... Not that that means anything but it's what the name says to me!

Some chums have just called DS2 this - their other boy is Oscar - and they are very arty folk!