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 :-)

freya, spooky, both names in my shortlist too but then dh didn't want Jude as he seems to have a particular dislike to Jude Law!!
I am also just a tiny bit worried about using Luca and having no connections to Italy at all, have only been there once!! I feel a little bit 'false' if we use it. It's till lurking in my favourite list but think we will probably use something else.
That wasn't really a very helpful post was it!!

It's all helpful thanks Jude is way more popular so far but I think whichever I go far (more likely Jude ) they are both great names

If people are thinking of Luca but worried about Italian hertiage, what about...

Luke
Lucian
Laurence (Laurie)
(Lucas - but v trendy at the mo)

Both great names, I liked Jude but already have two J names so wanted something different. We didn't really think about names until a few hours before ds was born then both just rather randomly came up with Luca.

I was also worried that it would be odd as we are absolutely not Italian in anyway, however a paramedic ended up being involved in his delivery - his name was Lucas so we kind of felt it was fated.

It did slightly divide opinion, people seem to really like it or quite dislike it, but we love it and he so is his name.

Good luck!