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Does Jude make you think of Judy?

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Dragonhart · 07/06/2008 19:19

I really like the name Jude for a boy but MIL said it makes her think of Judy and people would think he was a boy, and now DH does too

Are they mad or is it just me?

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Emelene · 06/04/2011 21:11

Yup. My cousin is Jude and nicknamed Judy. Confused

exoticfruits · 06/04/2011 08:05

NO

freyamalaya · 06/04/2011 08:03

I have a baby Jude and I had the same concerns but I am glad I went with the name as I absolutely love it.
My friends all call him beautiful Jude or Judealicious!!
No-one calls him Judy or says it is a girls name.

SolarPanel · 05/04/2011 23:11

I think of "Hey Jude", "Jude the Obscure", Jude in the Bible, and yes I do also think of it as a nickname for Judith/Judy.

sassyTHEFIRST · 05/04/2011 20:12

No. But it makes me think "Hey" and Kids committin suicide cos life id too awful. (Jude the Obscure)

luluzulu · 05/04/2011 20:10

love that name for a boy

blue2711 · 05/04/2011 20:06

My DS is Jude and I LOVE it, unsurprisingly. But everyone always says what a great name. And I haven't met another yet and he is nearly 2.

JufusMum · 05/04/2011 17:09

I have a Jude (DD) - we lengthen it to Jufediddle - she loves it haha!

hecAteTheirBrains · 22/10/2008 21:33

No. Makes me think of Jude The Obscure and my days in the pub when I should have been studying it!!!

findtheriver · 22/10/2008 21:31

Doesn't make me think of Judy, but does make me think of gloom and doom in a Hardy-esque way

pointygravedogger · 22/10/2008 16:57

makes me think of judith. But then I knew a Jude/Judith years ago

singersgirl · 22/10/2008 16:46

Well, it makes me think of Judy or Judith in the same way as Henry makes me think of Henrietta or Charles of Charlotte. They are cognate names, surely - a male and female version of the same thing. Jude is variant of Judah, of which Judith is the feminine. Jude's also the same as Yehudi in terms of derivation.

hannahsaunt · 22/10/2008 16:46

I love the name - was on the list for ds3 (not sure why it didn't make it to the top other than he has the perfect name for him now ). Staying on my list should there ever be another.

Also know a little boy Jude so def a boys name in my head.

Liffey · 22/10/2008 16:26

Jude has a femininity to it imo, but I wouldn't consider it unusable for a boy.

LuLuBai · 22/10/2008 13:53

I know quite a few boys (all under the age of about 6). One of them is my nephew. He's very cool. But he has been called Judy occassionally.

LindzDelirium · 22/10/2008 13:06

I have a Jude (female) - I have not yet met another Jude male or female so at least it is not too common!

Rhubarb · 09/06/2008 20:54

I had a thing for a guy named Jude at college. It was the first time I'd come across that name, he was Irish. But I kinda think of Judas, the traitor. Sorry.

chipmonkey · 09/06/2008 20:53

Now , I do associate Jude with Judy but only because I used to work in a tiny shop with a Jude and a Judy. The shop was so small that we kept bumping into each other, so you would here "Sorry, Jude" "Sorry, Judy" all day long!
Other than that I wouldn't have associated the two names at all.

Fillyjonk · 09/06/2008 20:22

it makes me think of the book or the song

I know 2 boy judes and 1 girl jude

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Dragonhart · 09/06/2008 20:20

Thanks everyone! Unfortunately DH has now vitoed it so back to the drawing board!

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mrz · 08/06/2008 18:13

I think of Jude the Obscure which is more than a little depressing

LyraSilvertongue · 08/06/2008 18:01

Makes me think of Hey Jude.
I knpw one males Jude and one female, so I guess it's unisex now.

MsDemeanor · 08/06/2008 17:58

I think of Jude Law first, then Jude the Obscure. Both male.
Judy? WTF!

lou33 · 08/06/2008 17:56

jude is lovely, and i have never thought of judy when i hear it mentioned

retiredgoth · 08/06/2008 17:55

Yep, Jude is a good name.

...bit obscure, though.

Ahem.

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