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casper or caspar??
This is one of our shortlisted names, ive finally persuaded H to get over his friendly ghost issue!! I dont think its thst well known ss a film amongst kids tbh and so many names have other associations. Anyway there are two spellings which has thrown me a bit. Caspar is the original and is the name of one of the 3 wise men, casper is the more modern/american spelling. I think I prefer the ar but would most people automatically use er and therefore he'd spend his whole life correcting people?? If so is that an issue.....people ask which of 2 versions our surname is regularly and it doesn't really bother me.
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I would always spell it Casper. And I would think that spelling it Caspar was a way of trying to make it different iykwim? Not that it is, it's just what I would automatically assume because I've never seen it like that before. Also, when I read Caspar I say it in a silly posh voice in my head, ha!
The shortened version of my name can be spelt about 6 different ways and to be honest I've just got used to people spelling it wrong. It doesn't bother me.
We short listed Jasper and I would spell Casper with an e too. I think it goes well with your surname
Casper
Er for me too x
Casper...my cat is called Casper
For me if 'ar' is the more original spelling then I'd use that. We used Shea instead of the more modern Shay. When family kicked up a fuss asking why I threatened to use the most original version of the name Sé. So without going too out there I'd use an older version of the name.
Casper. Someone asked this question on a facebook group the other day too. Very few said ar. But guess it depends on what you want. Phoebe is phebe in the bible but we stuck to the 'norm'
Casper would be the way i'd assume it'd be spelt.
Casper here too....though I prefer the at spelling. As someone who's name is misspelt frequently it wouldn't bother me x
The E version. Really like it
Casper for sure. I also say Caspar in a silly voice. I do think of Casper the ghost but I still think its a very lovely name and would love to use it myself but H would never agree.
I knew a Caspar at uni so would automatically spell it like that but seems I'm in the minority!
I'm going against the grain a bit as I actually prefer Caspar to Casper. The latter does make me think of the ghost whereas 'ar' seems more formal/name-like..IYSWIM.
Both are lovely, anyway! I think you're right too that not many kids these days will think of the ghost!
We had the same dilemma and settled on Casper. I do still love Caspar but as someone said above it does feel like it would be a bit posh ' Cass-paaaaarrr'. We also considered Jasper, and Kaspar/Kasper. He is mainly called Cass anyway.
Madonna I was actually going to fb you about using the name incase you think we stole it or would be annoyed to have it used again.
Nah, it's not like the three kings emailed me in disgust lol
No-one owns names!
(great taste, obv!)
I like both, but I'd pronounce them differently, and I do think the AR ending is a bit posher. Not that that would be a bad thing necessarily, it just depends what you wanted.
Ha I know but people can get funny about these things!! I also love milo but cant use it as a close friend has a milo so we must have simikar tsste. Sayinb that our shortlist is a real mixture.