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Changed my mind with boys name but DH not so sure !

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FoghornLeghorn · 26/05/2008 12:45

We've had a boys name picked since we were expecting DD2, we still love it so that was the automatic choice this time but now I really like another name but DH still loves the original choice.

So ......... Jude or Archie ?

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nooka · 27/05/2008 19:18

Love Jude. Not keen on Archie. I don't like diminuitives given as full names. Archie is very sweet on a little boy, but IMO not very adult. I like to do the footballer / high court judge test. Actually I like flexible names so not sure why I like Jude, but I do (and Hey Jude is a great song!)

spareparts · 27/05/2008 19:01

Erm puffling, I think you'll find that every other boy is called Jack or Joshua, not Finlay and Archie. They are nowhere near the top.

puffling · 27/05/2008 18:13

Archie is cute but every boy who isn't called Finlay is called Archie.

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FoghornLeghorn · 27/05/2008 18:10

Lots of people have been telling me Archie is getting increasingly popular which I didn't realise as I don't know any .....

Maybe Jude is going to pip it for that reason ?!?

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Mavornia · 26/05/2008 23:14

definitely Jude

Archie sounds harsh and just too popular

ButterflyMcQueen · 26/05/2008 23:01

jude

archie so now

jude classy and handsome

hardyesque

pavlovthecat · 26/05/2008 23:00

friends little boy is always being called Judey - in a cutesy baby way, hey Judey Jude. But Judy is a girl's name it readlly upsets his mother!

He also gets called Dude by lots of people, which I personally dislike immensely. 'Hey DUDE! hahahaha!'

janeite · 26/05/2008 23:00

Jude. Don't like Archie. And I would always think of Hardy over The Beatles.

hunkermunker · 26/05/2008 22:58

Archie becoming v common if that worries you.

Jude lovely. I really like it.

kitsmummy · 26/05/2008 22:56

Jude. Archie is too common these days and bit too "cute"

choccypig · 26/05/2008 21:10

Can I suggest Arthur ? It is less popular than Archie, less fashionable than Jude, but iMO somehow similar to both.

HereWeGoRoundTheMulberryBag · 26/05/2008 21:06

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CantSleepWontSleep · 26/05/2008 19:18

Prefer Archie to Jude.

lostinfrance · 26/05/2008 18:53

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cosima · 26/05/2008 18:52

jude defo. archie is way too popular. Tristan

dizzydixies · 26/05/2008 18:51

VS you has your chance for Rufus - keep it for the next one lol

VictorianSqualor · 26/05/2008 18:49

Rufus.

dizzydixies · 26/05/2008 18:45

foggy I love love love them both
they've both been on our lists both times but with two dds not been able to use either

NotABanana · 26/05/2008 18:44

Archie

lollipopmother · 26/05/2008 18:43

I don't really like either of them, Jude always makes me think of a woman and I don't particularly like calling a child an already abreviated name, plus Archie is very popular at the moment.

I think on reflection however, I like Archie more than Jude, BUT I would choose Jude because it is a relatively unused name - nothing worse than being one of three Archie's in the class.

SylvieBruno · 26/05/2008 18:25

I prefer Archie. Jude is too pretentious. But I prefer Richie to ARchie. It is more classic and yet still less predictable. It's less fashionable I guess, and I like that.

3andnomore · 26/05/2008 15:17

see Jude, I picture automatically Jude Law...which is a good thing
Archie, I picture a tatty old man, lol

Lovesdogsandcats · 26/05/2008 14:38

Jude sounds like a shortened girls name (Judith)... hate it.

AbbeyA · 26/05/2008 14:31

The only Jude that I know (personally) is a girl. With Archie, I immediately think Archibald.
I dislike both.

Amandella · 26/05/2008 14:15

Love Jude! Archie - not so sure but it's OK.