Jude or Joseph - votes please!

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Biccy · 23/02/2010 12:19

Our surname begins with a hard G.

DS is 3 weeks old and we just cannot make up our minds!

Help!

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AllieW · 23/02/2010 19:42

I love them both. Joseph Jude would be very cool.

ChynaDoll2006 · 23/02/2010 14:00

Prefer Joseph.

Would prefer Judah though. Don't like Jude at all.

doubleexpresso · 23/02/2010 13:43

Joseph is much better. Jude sounds like a girl's name and I hate it! Sorry I know it's an old name, but it's going through a revival at the moment and I don't think it will sound as 'cool' in 20 years time. Whereas, Joseph, Joe is classic and has a good 'feel' about it. Good luck.

jellybeans · 23/02/2010 13:33

Joseph by a mile. Jude reminds me of Judy and also of Jude Law.

mumoftoomany · 23/02/2010 12:36

Jude is cool, classic and masculine.

I prefer it by far to Joe.

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Biccy · 23/02/2010 12:33

Thanks both of you. You are putting your fingers on why we can't decide! I would like to go for Jude (don't mind either Beatles of Thomas Hardy associations), but like the fact that Joseph can be shortened, giving him choices, and also think Joseph sounds better with the surname as the 'D' sound is quite hard to articulate next to a hard G sound. Aargh, what to do?!

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Wisenheimer · 23/02/2010 12:31

Joseph.

bluecheesedip · 23/02/2010 12:30

I really love both, but Jude wins by a whisker. However, I think Joseph may sound better with your surname...

tearinghairout · 23/02/2010 12:23

I love them both. Bear in mind that Joseph is likely to be called Joe by everyone, so it's which you prefer really. Also, people will associate Jude with the Beatles (Jude was Julian Lennon IIRC).

I wanted my DS to be Joel, Joe for short. Another gorgeous name!

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