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Jude

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FlumpyMummy · 23/12/2018 09:55

What do you think?

Popular name circa 2010. We quite like it now, it goes well with our surname and thinking of using it if we have a boy. Just wanted to ask your thoughts about whether it is a classic name or dated.

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Itisnearlybedtimeyet · 28/12/2018 11:11

Love it and agree with RCohle ! The Holocaust comment was disrespectful and shouldn't have been made.

CookingGood · 28/12/2018 11:05

My dh is Polish and whenever we visit Poland you can’t turn a corner without seeing graffiti everywhere, ‘Anty Jude’ etc so for me personally the negative connotations are still relevant, so I wouldn’t use it.

AllIWantForChristmasIsTomHardy · 27/12/2018 23:11

I'm a Jude (f) I've never had Nazi comments despite costing Nazis and the term Jude at school
Hey Jude however never goes away. Might be different for a bit but I have it sang to me a lot.

Ohallright · 27/12/2018 23:04

It is DB name, who is in 40s. So they are about.

I must add that Jude is the patron saint of lost causes and hopeless cases. It was my sisterly duty, as a child, to remind him of that frequently 😊

birdgal4848 · 27/12/2018 23:00

I’ve always really liked this name and thought of it is quite ‘cool’ but after reading that Star of David thing, that would also make me reconsider

blueskiesandforests · 27/12/2018 16:09

The Obscure for me - as mother London says it's such a horrible, tragic, hauntingly awful story that I could never name a child Jude. It's definitely a boy's name though imo. Girl version being Judy or Judith obviously.

sirmione16 · 27/12/2018 16:05

Nice name, not opposed. However my mind immediately started singing naaa...na na NANANANAANAAAAAA BlushBlushBlush

BeFire · 27/12/2018 16:04

Like Jude, love Judah.

avocadosrus · 27/12/2018 15:55

I have a Jude he's 14, he's got long blonde hair and looks like a surfer. It really suits him & I absolutely love the name and more importantly so does he. He's never had a negative reaction to his name (to my knowledge)

Sallygoroundthemoon · 27/12/2018 15:51

A lovely name for a boy. I dislike it for a girl though.

RavenWings · 27/12/2018 15:37

It's a horrible name with a really ugly, unattractive sound. One of my pet hates namewise.

NikiFree · 27/12/2018 15:32

I know a Jude.

Lovely name. People are more likely to think Jude Law than Nazi Germany

PantTwizzler · 27/12/2018 01:57

Totally agree cbeebiesrehab.
Lovely name.

Cbeebiesrehab · 25/12/2018 23:17

Jude the patron saint of lost causes is the best...he’s the saint you turn to when all hope is lost, when everyone else gives up...he helps them in their biggest time of need. What could be better than that? (I will defend the name until the bitter end😂)

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Grinchly · 25/12/2018 18:40

So many bad/ odd connotations. Jude the Obscure, Hey Jude, Judas, the Nazi Star of David association , Jude the patron St of lost causes - and to cap it all horribly uneuphonious .

How about John, or Joel?

rainbowstardrops · 25/12/2018 16:22

I really like it

deptfordgirl · 25/12/2018 16:02

I used to love it and was going to use it but I have slightly gone off it now. It sounds a little dated to me as I know quite a few 5/6 year olds called it.

motherlondon · 25/12/2018 12:06

There is a lovely little Jude at my kids school.
I love it but Jude the Obscure is so terribly tragic and sad, I couldn't use it fir my child's name.

Nicknamesalltaken · 25/12/2018 09:47

My Jude is a fully grown man. No one calls his Judas or Judy.

He is bloody gorgeous. It’s a good name.

Eviecee · 25/12/2018 09:42

I have a Jude, he's 13. My ex partner loved the name, she'd had a neighbour called Jude as a child.

I was well aware it means 'jew' in german. Im half jewish. My jewish grandmother loved his name, she felt it was a positive reclaiming (she was a holocaust survivor).

He is the only Jude in his school. We've only come across 1 other Jude locally (aged 8). No nicknames ever used by his peers tho we sometimes call him Joodles Smile

daisypond · 25/12/2018 09:00

I really like it. I only know two in their mid-20s, none younger than that, and there's Jude Law, of course.

Itsear · 25/12/2018 02:58

It is ok, a fashionable biblical name at the moment, same as Elijah, Ezra, Caleb etc. I actually prefer John.

SnowyPaws5 · 24/12/2018 15:27

Love it.

Hohocabbage · 24/12/2018 14:43

So many currently popular names are Jewish ones from the OT/Torah.

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