Jaspa for a girl?

General Name Discussion
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See the results of this poll: What spelling do you prefer and would you use it?

Respondents: 55 (This poll is closed)

  • Jaspa is nicer than Jasper for a girl and I would use it : 1 (2%)
  • For a girl I like the Jaspa spelling but I I wouldn’t use it : 4 (7%)
  • I prefer Jasper for a girl and I would use it : 7 (13%)
  • I prefer the Jasper spelling but wouldn’t use it: 43 (78%)
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[name]Jasper[/name] from a person who can’t pronounce their Rs?

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I mean, they’re not the same at all in my accent, so maybe I shouldn’t vote.

4

It sounds like [name]Jasper[/name] with a [name]Boston[/name] accent. [name]Jasper[/name] might work for a girl. It just sounds a little more pleasant. With Jaspa I have a hard time not saying [name]JAZ[/name]-buh. [name]Jasper[/name]‘s a little like [name]Jasmine[/name] mixed with [name]Harper[/name]. Now get ready for everyone to lose it over boys’ names on girls…

5

Neither for a girl! [name]Jasper[/name] for a boy

6

I didn’t vote. I really don’t have a problem with [name]Jasper[/name] for a girl, seeing that it’s a nature/word name and all, and it doesn’t really have gender (although I think Berries in general would have a cow if someone announced their daughter, [name]Jasper[/name] ____!), but the Jaspa spelling seems extremely tacky! Here in [name]America[/name], in most places, anyway, [name]Jasper[/name] would be said with a hard “R” on the end while Jaspa wouldn’t, but it seems like a phonetic spelling in Australia or the UK, sort of like if someone had spelled [name]Margot[/name] “Margoh” here. It just looks terrible and tacky!

I think Jasperine is a great alternative for either [name]Jasper[/name] or Jaspa for a girl, though.

7

I don’t like it, I just feel like I’m saying [name]Jasper[/name] with an accent. If you like [name]Jasper[/name] for a girl I would just use [name]Jasper[/name].

8

I love [name]Jasper[/name] for a boy or girl. Jaspa sounds like someone with a horrible [name]Boston[/name] accent saying [name]Jasper[/name]. I’d rather [name]Jasper[/name] than what appears to be an attempt to femininize [name]Jasper[/name]

No baby yet but I got all negative feedback for girl [name]Jasper[/name] (and boy [name]Jade[/name]). No worries, it’s understandable. [name]Jasper[/name] isn’t well-known like [name]Ruby[/name] or [name]Pearl[/name]. I don’t think many realize that it’s a gemstone and therefore perfectly fine for a girl

9

I’m a Kiwi so I have no problem with the accent. I really really like Jaspa for a girl and I definitley think it would work in this part of the world. And I really like [name]Jasper[/name] for a girl too, better than I like it on a boy.

10

I can kind of see [name]Jasper[/name] on a girl. It rather soft sounding. I don’t like Jaspa, though and I don’t think I’d use either

11

Sorry [name]Rollo[/name] but I don’t like the look or sound of Jaspa. I prefer [name]Jasper[/name] for a boy only.

12

Or… neither?
I don’t pronounce them the same (JASS-purr vs JASS-pah)
I would use neither [name]Jasper[/name] nor Jaspa on a girl… and I don’t particularly care for [name]Jasper[/name] on a boy either (though I used to love it).
If I had to pick, I’d go with Jaspa (JASS-pa pronunciation) just because it isn’t [name]Jasper[/name]-on-a-girl.

13

Not for a girl at all in my book, it’s all boy.

14

[name]Jasper[/name], like [name]Rowan[/name] is a nature name, but also has roots as a masculine name - it wouldn’t bug me as much as other more blatantly masculine names for girls. Jaspa, on the other hand, is awful, lol.

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Jaspa no, [name]Jasper[/name] yes

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[name]Jasper[/name] (though used mainly for males) simply means treasurer/bringer of treasure. It’s also the name of a semi-precious stone. That being said, I think it’s a perfectly fine name for a little girl or woman.

Etymology aside, I prefer [name]Jasper[/name] to Jaspa, regardless of where you live or the accents found there. The world is getting smaller and smaller and though you may live in an area where “Jaspa” is the common pronunciation, she may very well travel outside of this region and experience the [name]Jasper[/name] pronunciation. That being said, if she comes over to, say, the U.S. many will not make the connection that Jaspa is an accented-spelling of [name]Jasper[/name]; Instead, it just looks made-up and/or foreign. I guess it’s really up to you whether you like [name]Jasper[/name] the name or “Jaspa” the sound. Personally, I find [name]Jasper[/name] to be very feminine (thanks to the soft purr at the end), but if it’s the accented sound you’re after, I would spell it phonetically (Jaspa) so that universally, regardless of where she travels, her name is pronounced the way you intended her name to be pronounced.

Another variation of [name]Jasper[/name] you may like/find more feminine-
[name]Jesper[/name]

17

I voted “I prefer the [name]Jasper[/name] spelling but wouldn’t use it.” Jaspa really reminds me of my accent. Here we change “ER” to “[name]AH[/name]” in every day slang. [name]Kinda[/name] seems silly to me to write a name or word replacing ‘ER’ with ‘A’ because of my culture.

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Going by the poll 75% would use the [name]Jasper[/name] spelling but would not use it and I presume they mean for a girl. I don’t like the asp that is so visible in Jaspa but I don’t notice it at all in [name]Jasper[/name]. Has this aspect occurred to others too? Asp being a snake.

rollo

19

Yes, it sounds snaky. Or like a rejected name for a Swedish car.

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This. [name]Jasper[/name] on a girl would be very strange to me (and not pretty) and Jaspa just sounds like someone is saying [name]Jasper[/name] with an accent.