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I adore Prosper, especially on a boy.
It just makes my heart happy and I feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
I'd LOVE to meet one.

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I just needed to say that.

I like it! Sure it's usable - I think he could easily go by Ross if Prosper was too much to bear. I personally would probably keep it in the middle spot but I'd be tickled to me a young Prosper nowadays :)

Eh, I don't think so. It's too Puritan and harsh...I'd expect a Prosper to wear buckled shoes and lecture people on the dangers of dancing, or something.

One of my favourite names. It is one I would like to use but worry about the reaction of others, because I expect for most people it is just a word.

I would not say it is unusable. I could not argue that it's any weirder than, say - Meadow, Piper, Tatum, Armani, Cash, Cannon, or Justice. But personally I don't think it's good as a baby name. As a name in general, okay. But as a proposed baby name, it makes me think of prosperity - a euphemism for wealth - which doesn't come across as classy and intellectual in this day and age IMO. And it reminds me of pretentious (IMO) surname names like Spencer (also associated with wealth) and Preston. And, the Puritan style usually gives me a head-in-the-clouds impression. I'd expect his sister might be Gentry or Honor, or his brother might be Constant or Royal. So overall, usable, yeah, but I don't think it works very well.

Not sure how usable it is today as a name but it works for me, I had a relative named this and he died in the 90s so the name doesn't seem too old to me, it has a familiarity and I like it!