jude or jolyon

[bess23]

Which do you prefer or do you dislike both. Dh has strong preference but I'm not sure.

[LynetteScavo]

Jude

Unless you are going to send him to prep-school, and possibly Oxford.

[Rindercella]

Love, love, love Jude. Not so keen on Jolyon.

[MissisBoot]

Jude - jolyon will lead to a lifetime of mispellings, mispronounciation and pisstaking.

Jude is ok although I do prefer it as a girls name.

[stanausauruswrecks]

Jude is OK, Jolyon sound like a drip dry fabric..

[TabithaTwitchet]

Definitely Jude, fantastic name.

I don't even know how to pronounce the other one.

[AnnieLobeseder]

What's wrong with good old fashioned Julian? Why the strange spelling? I assume Jolyon (which is wrong on many levels) is pronounced more or less the same way?

[boodleboot]

neither for me.

loads of judes where i live and i just here 'jolly-on' when i see Jolyon.

if i had to choose it would be Jude....

[MamaLazarou]

I don't like either. Jude makes me think of that twat Jude Law (aka Celebrity Dave), and Jolyon just screams boarding school .

[Rindercella]

Ah yes, MamaL, Jude Law. Instantly puts me off the name after thinking I love it so much!

[Tortington]

jude

[skybright]

I really like Jude,i have a niece called Jude but have to really resist singing Hey Jude,every time i see her. ...i bet some of you are singing it now.

[dizzydixies]

jude

[BitOfFun]

Jolyon sounds like a euphemism for an erection, sorry. Quite like Jude, but they will get sick of that song.

[sheepgomeep]

jude for sure, It was on of my list of names for ds.

[scottishmummy]

jolyon sounds like a brand of suppository - new jolyon twice a day. reduce faecal impaction

[bexincornwall]

Lol bitoffun, was exactly what I was thinking (in the sense of 'oh look he's got a huge jolly-on!), thought it was just my dirty mind!!

Love Jude though, would be what our soon to be born second DS would be called if only I could get OH to agree..

[TheBolter]

One of our best male friends is a Jolyon (or is it Joylon??) anyway, he calls himself Joe .

[TheBolter]

And I love Jude, it's the only boy's name I've liked enough to choose for what turned out to be dd1 and dd2, so I haven't got to use it yet!

[janeite]

I like Jude. Jolyon is dreadful, imho - sorry.

[hackneyzoo]

i love Jude (I have a DS called Jude so am completely biased)

[traceybath]

Jude is lovely.

Jolyon is not lovely.

[fanjolina]

so how should Jolyon be pronounced?

[bodiddly]

Jude