Jude versus Luca

[freya2010]

I love both the names Jude and Luca for a boy and can't choose between the two. I'm not sure if they are both going to end up being too popular and is Luca a bit pretentious unless you have Italian links?? All feedback gratefully received thanks :-)

I like them both and if you do too, why not use them both? Luca Jude is great! (Btw the only person I know with a baby Luca, rather than Lucas, is definitely not Italian.)

Yes you're right Luca Jude does sound great I think so too but dh wants Joseph for a middle name and so it's going to be Luca Joseph or Jude Joseph confused

ooops I mean (confused) thanks for the feedback AllieW

Oh, well in that case Luca Joseph definitely flows best.

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I love Luca, but then I've got a ds who's Luca. We're from an Italian family though - but we've all been born here and don't speak much more than holiday Italian so to intents and purpose we're English.

Luca Joseph sounds better than Jude Joseph.... but I far prefer Jude out of the two. I think Luca is a little odd if you're not Italian too

I prefer Jude.

Thanks guys, I'm still split down the middle on this one - I'm worried whichever I choose I will have a hankering for the other one aargh!!

I prefer Jude; I like Luca but do think it works best on little boys with some Italian heritage.
I think Jude Joseph goes together nicely too.

Thanks AlfalfaMum - Jude seems to be winning here, I love Italy and all things Italian but maybe with an English surname Luca may sound a bit out of place...

Jude is better if you're not Italian IMO

Jude much nicer.

jude!

Jude

agree with violethill, prefer Jude, but if Joseph is a definite MN, then Luca works better.

Doh! Just the thread I kind of didn't want to happen upon. I too like the name Luca, but with no Italian links bar a love of pizza, pasta and the odd Italian holiday, am now also wondering if its suitable or not!

Jude sounds very girly, Luca sounds too Itailan. So neither.

My handsome little 7m old ds is Jude Alexander.Such a lovely name IMO.
Much nicer than Luca(if you don't have Italian links then Luke much nicer IMO)

Lots of little Lucas where I live. I'd choose Jude on that basis (but would have serious reservations about it, thanks to Jude the Obscure!)

(I do not live in Italy!)

Jude! I have a gorgeous DS Jude and still feel so happy I got to use my number 1 name. DH wanted Max but let me have Jude after the birth, ha ha! Hoping it doesn't get too popular though...

My DS2, who's 10, is called Luca (I admit I would have also used it if he had been a girl) and I love, love, love it. I have never heard of another Luca personally and everyone comments on what a nice name it is.

I have no Italian links and am certainly not in any way pretentious.

My gorgeous ds is Luca and contrary to popular belief it is not pretentious to name your dc a name from another country. Luca is much nicer than Jude imo.