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Isaac, Jude or Sebastian

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happymummyone · 06/09/2015 16:56

we were pretty set on Jude for our soon to be born baby but as the due date approaches we're less sure.

Which do you prefer out of Jude, Isaac or Sebastian?

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 06/09/2015 17:19

Sebastian.

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mumsnit · 06/09/2015 17:22

Jude is great!

I like Sebastian too but Isaac is very popular in our neck of the woods which puts me off an otherwise nice name!

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 06/09/2015 17:24

Sebastian

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SmugairleRoin · 06/09/2015 17:27

Isaac, a nicer sound than Jude imo. Or Isaiah?

Sebastian is alright but it's quite popular and I'm not keen on Seb.

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StormCoat · 06/09/2015 17:45

The likelihood of Seb puts me off the otherwise nice Sebastian. Either Jude or Isaac are lovely.

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happymummyone · 06/09/2015 19:13

DP and i still both love Jude but In RL people seem to either pull a face or you can tell they are pretending to like it.

DP prefers Sebastian, which he wants to shorten to Bass rather than Seb.

I like Isaac, hopefully not shortened to anything like Zac. Bit we have a DD with an 'I' name and DP thinks we would need to call anyother children 'I' names too if we used Isaac.

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dementedma · 06/09/2015 19:15

Nice names. I love Jude and Sebastian - don't shorten it to anything! Jacob is nice too.

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LettuceLaughton · 06/09/2015 19:26

Jude is great!

Nothing wrong with Sebsatian or Ozaac but I'd really not use anything you strongly dislike common shortenings of. People say "Oh, just don't shorten it" but other people (and sometime the DC themselves) will all the damned time. I took the 'just don't shorten it' advice and if I had my time again I'd honestly just go with another name. Grr.

Ezra
Luca
Leo (or Leonard, I love Leonard)

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DramaAlpaca · 06/09/2015 19:27

Jude is my favourite of the three, followed by Sebastian. Not keen on Isaac.

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LettuceLaughton · 06/09/2015 19:28

Ozaac? Isaac, obviously.

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MerryMarigold · 06/09/2015 19:29

I have a Jude, but just today saw the name Seymour which almost made me want another ds! Don't like Sebastian for some reason, seems a bit public schooly.

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YouBastardSockBalls · 06/09/2015 19:30

I will never forget when Sara Cox had a baby and called him Isaac.

I hope to goodness she didn't give him her surname Shock

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MerryMarigold · 06/09/2015 19:31

Our Jude's nn is a lengthening, poor kid. He does get cake Judy, but he's the type to take it!

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AllThereIs · 06/09/2015 19:31

Isaac.

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LettuceLaughton · 06/09/2015 19:32

Oh! Seymour. That's very nice actually. I usually hate surname type names but that's grand. Like Herbert and Seth but better.

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happymummyone · 06/09/2015 19:32

My DD has a name that can be shortened to something i HATE the sound of but we'be been quite lucky so far. The problem with isaac is it will almost undoubtedly be shortened to zac and im not into it. My mum gave me a name she loved but hated one of the shortened versions of it, and lo and behold, i go by the shortened version she hates, because it suits me.

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dementedma · 06/09/2015 19:36

Ds name is one which has a very popular nickname.Think Daniel and Dan, sort of thing. We have always used his full name because we love it and so does he. If people abbreviate it and say Hi Dan, he says, It's Daniel. You don't have to accept nns if you don't want them

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Ladypug · 06/09/2015 19:42

Jude is a lovely name, I say use it! but I love Isaac too!

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LettuceLaughton · 06/09/2015 19:43

I wonder if our DDs have the same name actually.

IME, the shortening thing happens more and more the older they get. DD is 8 now so it's out of my control, as it should be. She introduces her self by her full name but she gets (and likes) all the standard shortenings from her friends and their parents. I've not grown to like them but it's her name, she may well choose to go by one of the shortenings at some point.

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Junosmum · 06/09/2015 19:45

Love Jude.

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grumpysquash · 06/09/2015 19:47

One of my DC is Isaac (surname is not Cox though!] and it is never shortened to Zac by anyone. Also, he's the only Isaac in his school of 240 pupils, even though generally it's quite popular these days.
There are tons of Sebastians here though

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happymummyone · 06/09/2015 19:48

Lettuce, is it a three sylable name?

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LettuceLaughton · 06/09/2015 19:51

Nope, 4 syllables here.

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StormyBlue · 06/09/2015 19:52

Sebastian, is my favourite, then Isaac, then Jude.

I do hear of the odd Sebastian, but I wouldn't exactly say that it's really popular. Same for Isaac.

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SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 06/09/2015 19:59

I almost never say this on a MN baby name thread but I love all three names!

My order of preference/niceness would be:

Isaac (name I wanted but DH vetoed)
Jude
Sebastian (because I love, love, love Seb but am not sure I'd want to say the whole name over and over again day in day out).

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