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Do you suppose it’s a modern spelling of Jason?

No, J A S O N is the modern spelling of Jason. "Jaisyn" is someone trying to be creative and cute, forcing the poor kid to spell out his ridiculous name for the rest of his life.

Spelling old names new ways seems to be a modern fad among some people. A trick of science-fiction authors is to slightly alter real-world names (Kavin, for instance), or change the spelling (Jacen, Dayvid). Some parents apply the technique to naming their children.

The really unfortunate thing about “Jaisyn”, in my opinion, is that while it’s phonetically the same as Jason, the spelling looks feminine. Jacen - as Timothy Zahn altered the name for his book - at least looks masculine.

My grandson is named Jai. We say it as Jay. Why my daughter wanted it that way I don’t know nor do I care. Thankfully he has a healthy mommy & daddy to live his life with. I like the names & if thats what the mother & father wanted to name their babies who are we to judge? I see all kinds of names now that make me wonder why on earth someone would name their child that. I would not want to be named ESPN although some spell it differently, its pronounced the Es-pan. I really like Legend much better then being named for a sports channel. Or how about Macy? I wouldn’t want to be named for a dept store either. My daughter has a family name. Her name is Michaelee Stella, just say it Michael-Lee. It was my mother’s wish that one of her granddaughters carried the tradition on & it is my sister’s name too. However we call her Sassy & Lela. We took the Le from the last part of her name & the La from her middle name & put them together. Was it my favorite name? No it wasn’t but I felt the need to carry on tradition & my late mother’s wishes. Prayers for these babies & their daddy. May their mother rest in peace. I will be sending a donation also.