I love the name
Jasper, but I don't really have a reason why!
I like the fact that it's easy to spell and pronounce, but it's not really common.
It's substantial as a name on it's own, but short enough that it doesn't require a nickname.
It has an old fashioned charm which I really like. I love names which are old fashioned sounding but are coming back around. I get a similar vibe from
Jasper as
Oscar,
Archie,
George,
Harvey,
Arthur,
Peter and other names which are becoming more popular for babies (in the
UK anyway)
I also like that
Jasper is definitely a boys name. I don't think
Jasper is a name which will become trendy on girls. At least I seriously hope it doesn't!