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How many Jude’s do you know?

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Lilyrudi93 · 27/01/2025 09:28

I’m thinking of calling my second DS Jude but I am worried about its popularity. I’ve personally never met a male baby or adult Jude but have seen about 5 influencers on Instagram naming their child this! It does put me off but would it be silly to not use it for this reason even though I love it? I had the same issue with the name Ezra with ds1 and in the end didn’t go with it because it suddenly got very popular when I thought I was being unique! I really don’t want a ‘trendy’ name for my child that will date badly. Is Jude one of those names??

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Chuchoter · 28/01/2025 07:14

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pinkwaffles · 28/01/2025 06:21

I don't know anyone called Jude.

I think you have to remember that even if it's quite a popular name, that's still likely only about 2,000 babies per year being given the name, and popularity changes over the years, it might be way down the list in a few years time.

Across the country, that's not necessarily very many!

You might meet a few, but the chances of bumping into a lot of them are not that high.

LindorDoubleChoc · 28/01/2025 05:43

Two, aged 24 and 21. I don't know how popular it is currently as I don't spend any time around babies and young children. I really like it as a name.

BoleynMemories13 · 28/01/2025 05:33

I do really like Jude but it is perhaps, as you fear, one to avoid if you don't want a latest trend name.

For all those saying they don't know any at their child's school so it's not that popular, it didn't really start to boom until 2022 so we won't really see the impact in primary schools for another couple of years, and it will be another 10 years or so before it's probably one of the most popular names in secondary schools. It's only really in nurseries/baby and toddler groups where I would expect it to seem really popular right now.

Only you can decide how much it would bother you OP if your child ended up with a name strongly associated with his era.

Snugglemonkey · 27/01/2025 23:10

Woman, 40s, baby boy few months, 2 year old boy and 4 year old boy.

babytunes · 27/01/2025 20:06

One aged 21

FirstTimeMum2025x · 27/01/2025 17:58

I just posted about Jude as it's our fav name. I've learned it means 'jew' in German and has an unfortunate association, so now I am worrying about it being problematic! Due in just over 6 weeks

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 27/01/2025 17:58

Three
Two women in their 50s and a teenage boy.
Also a Judith in her 50s known as Jude.

RandomUsernameHere · 27/01/2025 17:21

One, he's 10 or 11.

user2848502016 · 27/01/2025 17:18

One adult male Jude
No young Judes

I like it

MumonabikeE5 · 27/01/2025 16:32

There are multiple within my wider kid circle. But not loads

caringcarer · 27/01/2025 16:31

Lampzade · 27/01/2025 09:35

i know one person called Jude . He is in his early twenties

Just the one and he's 17 now.

Words · 27/01/2025 16:18

Oh yes apart from everything else, the patron saint of lost causes. Somewhat risky for a fertility clinic

SingingSands · 27/01/2025 15:37

I know a few, we are "up North" where I think it's fairly popular.

Incidentally, I just watched the film "Jude" last night on iplayer (based on the Thomas Hardy novel 'Jude the Obscure') and it was fucking miserable and I'll now always associate the name with that story. It was grim.

Solaire18381 · 27/01/2025 15:32

I know a woman with this name who is in her late 50's. Real name Judith.

TheBumbler · 27/01/2025 15:32

My 1 year old grandson is Jude

Cactusprick · 27/01/2025 15:25

Sakura7 · 27/01/2025 15:19

I certainly didn’t suggest MN wasn’t the right place to post

You did though, you literally told the OP she was asking in the wrong place. That's what I was responding to...

So you really think the majority of posters are mums of young children? 🤦🏻‍♀️
Even if you argued that “young children” was up to age 7 you’re still so far from labelling those mothers as the majority.

Cactusprick · 27/01/2025 15:20

YoungMacDonald · 27/01/2025 12:09

I know one - a boyof 2 years.
You will likely get an unbalanced poll on here though because people who don't know a Jude are less likely to comment.

Exactly! This is my point.
And the ones who say they don’t know anyone with that name aren’t very helpful, because clearly the stats show how popular it now is.
If 45 year old Sally posts saying she thinks it’s lovely and doesn’t know anyone called Jude then that’s great for her, but you’ll be the one shouting “Jude S” or “Jude B” or whatever, because how many babies does Sally know that were born in the last 5 years? Do you see what I mean?

Sakura7 · 27/01/2025 15:19

I certainly didn’t suggest MN wasn’t the right place to post

You did though, you literally told the OP she was asking in the wrong place. That's what I was responding to...

Cactusprick · 27/01/2025 15:14

Sakura7 · 27/01/2025 14:49

I can read just fine thanks.

Your post suggested that MN is not the right place to ask this question as it is not sufficiently representative of mothers of young children. I disagree.

It's possible to disagree without being rude, but the way.

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My post didn’t suggest that actually. You read it incorrectly.
What I was saying was the majority of posters are not parents of young children. Jude has shot up in the list of most popular baby names in the last 5 or so years, so it’s a name that mums of young children would hear more often than allllllll the other categories the posters on here fall into would. I certainly didn’t suggest MN wasn’t the right place to post 😂

Also, thanks for the heads up. There’s another great phrase people use, not sure if you’re familiar with it. It’s “treat people how you wish to be treated”. Your “huh?” was rude. Just because you don’t understand someone’s point there’s no need to be rude 😌

SquigglePigs · 27/01/2025 15:10

None

Kdubs1981 · 27/01/2025 15:09

LOADS!!!!

I know 5 under 10. 2 in one baby massage class

Emanwenym · 27/01/2025 15:02

@Cactusprick , I think it will only be the mothers of very young children who will realise it's very popular.

I don't know a single Arlo, yet the name is extremely popular now. Some friends had it on their shortlists.

user1499609760 · 27/01/2025 15:01

There’s one in our NCT group (all the babies were born last year). Interestingly though, his mother said that she has two friends who were considering it as a name for their babies, and she’s come across another in a baby group. So it likely is picking up in popularity.

Sakura7 · 27/01/2025 14:49

Cactusprick · 27/01/2025 11:45

I know. That’s why I said “There are a lot of posters on here who do not fall into the category of having young children on here”.

There are, of course, “tons” of mothers of young children on here too 🙄.

I’d advise you have a caffeinated drink so you can focus and stop skim reading.

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I can read just fine thanks.

Your post suggested that MN is not the right place to ask this question as it is not sufficiently representative of mothers of young children. I disagree.

It's possible to disagree without being rude, but the way.