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Is the name Jude better on a boy or girl?

63 replies

tillytok · 01/06/2024 17:12

I've always had it down as a boys name, but starting to like it for a girl!

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CommeUneVacheEspagnole · 02/06/2024 15:12

Officially a boys name but it feels like a girls name to me. When I see it on a boy I think, hmmm, that should be a girls name really. I don't even think it suits Jude law.

avocadotofu · 02/06/2024 12:38

I think of it as a boys name.

Littlelillies · 02/06/2024 12:37

I only know female Sophies

I know both female and male Judes. Jude sounds soft and is a nickname for Judith

KirstenBlest · 02/06/2024 12:35

CurlewKate · 01/06/2024 21:34

It's a boy's name. If you wouldn't call a boy Sophie, don't call a girl Jude.

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thetaleoflife · 02/06/2024 10:42

There's a few Jude - boys in my child's year

BoleynMemories13 · 02/06/2024 10:16

As a stand alone name I definitely think it suits a boy better. If I met a female Jude I would assume it's short for Judith. Given that it's currently in the top 50 boys names and continuing to rise (for boys) I think most people would assume boy.

Jamfirstest · 02/06/2024 09:22

Both - it's a neutral name imo I know Jude's who are male and female.

Littlelillies · 02/06/2024 09:21

I do also think about World War II and how the Nazis made Jewish people wear the Star of David with the word Jude on it.

That's why Jude doesn't travel well - in German it's the word for a Jew. Pronounced Yoo-de

Peclet · 01/06/2024 22:47

I knew a Jude (female) and she was extraordinary.

Works for both, but fabulous for a girl.

leccybill · 01/06/2024 22:46

The last four baby boys born I know of are called Jude.

Revelatio · 01/06/2024 22:46

I like the name, but as someone who has a name that’s a famous song, I wouldn’t want to put that on anyone!!!

Nopetynoppy · 01/06/2024 22:42

Jude for a boy
Judy for a girl

RoseUnder · 01/06/2024 22:41

A boys name and also a Hebrew name.

I do also think about World War II and how the Nazis made Jewish people wear the Star of David with the word Jude on it.

longdistanceclaraclara · 01/06/2024 22:39

Boy, and ice cream.

SoupDragon · 01/06/2024 22:35

Boy, because it's a boy's name.

SallyWD · 01/06/2024 22:33

Boy

Glitterbiscuits · 01/06/2024 22:33

It's a boys name.

DinaofCloud9 · 01/06/2024 22:17

I like it much better for a boy.

Bobbybobbins · 01/06/2024 22:10

Prefer it for a boy

CurlewKate · 01/06/2024 21:34

It's a boy's name. If you wouldn't call a boy Sophie, don't call a girl Jude.

Littlelillies · 01/06/2024 21:30

Girls name.

It's short for Judith. I know ow several female Judes and Judies.

Jude means Jew in German

Clingfilm · 01/06/2024 21:08

Boy as full name, girl as nickname (for Judith)

Outnumbered247 · 01/06/2024 20:51

Boy , personally don't love the Judith/ Judy association

OatcakeCravings · 01/06/2024 20:50

I’ve always thought of it as a male name. I know two female Jude’s but both a nickname for Judith.

SausageRoll2020 · 01/06/2024 20:48

It's a boys name, of biblical origin I think.
If a heard of a girl called Jude, I would presume it was a nickname for Judith.