Jade or Jane or are they both boring?

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I really like the sound of both these names but have been told they’re boring and plain (plain Jane)
I am aware they were both more common in previous era and that doesn’t bother me.

But is Jade any more boring than another Ava, Isla, Ada etc

I don't generally like one syllable names but Jane is the classier of the two names. Jane is a solid name.

Jane is classic and beautiful. Jade is not at all to my taste, but that's just me.

Jane is classic and simple. I'd happily use it. I don't like it as a middle name because it was overused in my age group.
Jade's not to my taste and it doesn't sound nice in some accents.

Ava and Ada have two syllables as opposed to one, so they sound longer even though they have fewer letters. That said, I prefer Jane to either of them, although they are both better than Jade IMO.

Jane is a lovely name. Jade I’m not so keen on. If you call your daughter Jane, there won’t be too many of them, either. Go for it, OP.

I don't see any appeal in Ava other than if you write it AVA the mirror image looks the same. Ada is slightly better than Ava but I don't like it.
They're just noises. Ay-vuh and Aid-uh.

I dislike Jayne.

Jane is lovely. Jade isn’t one I like, personally.

Jane is classis. Beautiful.

I love the name Jane

Classy and timeless

I also think that Jane has an edge of cool, largely thanks to Birkin. Jade just makes me think of Jade Goody (RIP, but she is very evocative of a particular time in history. It's not at all a timeless name)

There are lots of good associations with the name Jane but Jade is Jade Jagger or Jade Goody. Neither of those are bad - Jade Jagger has rock star glamour and Jade Goody did a lot to raise awareness of cervical cancer before her untimely death.
Jade is very popular as a baby girl's name in France.

I dislike Jayne.

So do I. That y doesn't serve any purpose, it's just parents trying to be different, and it annoys me.

Jane is a classic! Jane eyre!

jade is mega chavvy

How about Jean? it's kind of cool I think. (Or maybe I'm just thinking of Harlow, Seberg, Shrimpton etc...)

The adult Jane’s I know are all sensible, practical people who get things done. The Jades are quite the opposite.

SIL is a Jade. She hates it, feels its a stripper name and makes people automatically think less of her.

I love Jade. One of my DD’s best friends is Jade, she’s funny, loyal, clever, ambitious, brave and beautiful.

Jane is ok.

Jade has been done way too much over the last couple of decades.

I'd go with Jane.

@OutOfApricots , Baby name explorer. It was popular in the1990s but hasn't been in the top 100 names in the past couple of decades.

Oh I see why you're asking that. I'm trying to work out her age, her son would've been in his 50s in the early 1980s so it's quite possible she was named after the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. Well I never!

it's quite possible she was named after the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. Well I never!

I did a search for people called Diamond on Find my Past. There were quite a few born in 1897.

My grandmother was born in 1887. She had Jubilee as one of her names.

Jane in lovely. Jade is just too dated to be trendy

Speaking as someone whose middle name is Jane, I hate the name Jane. I’m sure every woman of my age and a few years either side have the middle name Jane. It’s dull and unimaginative.

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Don‘t saddle your baby with Jade as a name. It’ll be extra work to overcome the connotations

@CluelessAboutBiology , Jane if your name ended in -a otherwise Anne.