How to spell Jerret...

ehpope

We are naming our little boy after my Husband, his middle name is Jerret. People keep asking us how to spell it, and always guess wrong when they don't ask. We have gotten the following... How would you spell it??

 Jerret (how my husband's is spelled)

Jerrett

Jarret

Jarett

AllThatGlitters101

You don't have this one listed, but I like Jarrett the best.

AndLyn

My first thought would have been Jarrett as well.

mollymurphy

Ugh...I don't know how to say this, so I'm just gonna do it: please do not use Jerret. It looks exactly like ferret. Not that they're not cuddly and cute and all, but...um, yeah.

CelticWife

Jarret

karebear812

I had a student last year who spelled it Jarett, but it took me a long time to not add a second r.  My brain really wanted to spell it Jarrett.

ehpope

mollymurphy:

Ugh...I don't know how to say this, so I'm just gonna do it: please do not use Jerret. It looks exactly like ferret. Not that they're not cuddly and cute and all, but...um, yeah.

 This made me laught out loud... I hadn't made the ferret connection yet, but thank you for pointing this out, I'm pretty sure I would have made the connection when he was like 3 months old and it was too late to change the name. Yikes!

I really would like to stick with a Je, rather than a Ja, just because we live in Oklahoma and people would say J"air"et with a twang... I hate the way Oklahoman's say A's

But I would also love for my child to not constantly have his name misspelled... I know I'm already cursing him by naming him Jerrett instead of Jerad.

 (I'm totally making a big deal out of nothing, at least my babies are healthy so far!)

EmmaRain

I've known several people with this name, and they have ALL spelled it Jarrett and prononuced it "Jair-et" (rhymes with Garrett). 

Jarrett is actually a variant of the name Garrett, and it is a common surname. I think that's why most people are choosing that spelling. It's just the one you see most often, so it looks like the "correct" spelling.

https://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_of_Jarrett.html

 

amethyst1220

but if he's being named after your husband, wouldn't you want to keep the same spelling?

JulieK08

AllThatGlitters101:

You don't have this one listed, but I like Jarrett the best.

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I've always seen it spelled this way...?

FutureMrs.Steen

Garrett, but with a J. I don't see why this would be misspelled. 

Alexandra*sMom

Dh's friend is Jarratt. He says 2 A's, 2 R's, 2 T's.

I say go w/ the same spelling as DH.

LittleMamaB

My nephew is Gerrett (pronounced Jare-et0 and he hates the spelling of his name. LOL. I would probably go with Jarrett.

GettinNervous

What about Jarrod?

Harms80

Jarett I think.  Honestly, I've never heard the name before. 

OctoberCAPA

Jarrett.  The other spellings look odd to me, and I definitely thought "Ferret" as soon as I saw your post title.  You'd still be honoring your DH even if you spell it differently....I don't know why people get so tied to that.  I also like Jared (not Jerad) in this "theme" of names.  I get the "Je" / "Ja" twang-y thing, but....I don't know which is worse.  Good luck!

jennicg27

I like Jared better too, but if you are sticking with Jarrett, I like it spelled that way.  Just out of curiosity, what is your girl's name?

AllieBelle1

Like most posters, I have seen and would spell it Jarrett. However, if you do not want to spell it as your husband does, I personally would not use it. The same name but different spellings seems odd to me.

AmandaJane08

Growing up my next door neighbor was Jarrett, his nn was Jay.

kimberleigh30

Jarett

Janine0514

Jarrett - This is my brother's name. My parents live in Alabama and no one has added the twang that you spoke of. Jerret would be Jer- it and Jarrett would be Jair-it. 

Megcheer2

AllThatGlitters101:

You don't have this one listed, but I like Jarrett the best.

me too.