Buddy?

[StellaLuna82]

What do you think?
We're not in the UK at the moment.
Could a child get away with being called Buddy? We might put this as his middle name and call it him anyway.

Also really like the name Rudi, though it does remind me of the word 'rude'. Which do you prefer?

Thanks in advance :)

I love Buddy, it's cute. But could you really take an adult Buddy seriously? Sounds like an American name.

Rudi, can't make up my mind. Again, ok for a cute baby, not so much for your boss.

Why do you feel the need to find a name that no one has heard before? Children like to be ordinary, not singled out as having a strange name.

Come on argy, that's rubbish. I am teaching my kids it's good to be extraordinary, and nobody is "ordinary". There's no such thing as normal!

One is g&t, so is singled out a lot because of that. Her name is the last thing that people care about! They both have unusual names, and they both love them, and like the fact that no one else (they know) has their name.

It's a no from me for both Buddy and Rudi I'm afraid. I prefer much more "sensible" names such as Thomas, Toby, Nathan, Jamie, William (DS name is in there but I'm not telling you which one )

I dislike both Buddy (too cutesy and American) and Rudy (too rude), sorry.

I like Buddy and Teddy for little boys but I can't imagine Buddy on a grown man - unless he's dressed as an elf?! It's a shame because I think it's cute. Teddy, on the other hand, I can imagine a grown man as Teddy or shortened to Ted.

Not a fan of Rudi personally because of the association with 'rude'.

Not convinced that Buddy or Bud is short for William - I think it's more likely that it was picked up as a nickname along the lines of "hey little buddy".

Hmm.

What about a more formal longer version... Budster, Budfield-Chesterton, Buddison, Budhew, Budman.

Budathan. Budolethew. Budastian.

Alternatively, give the poor child an actual name.

I hate the phrase 'high court judge test'. Wasn't Christmas Humphreys a High Court judge? I doubt his mum thought of the test.

As for Buddy, I'm not a fan but wouldn't be surprised to see it become as popular as Sonny and similar names.

I like Budastian!

I prefer Rudy though.

I do like Rudy though.

What, Christmas "call me Toby" Humphries?

'Call me Toby’ in his personal life perhaps but still went with the very jazzy ‘Christmas’ as his professional High Court judge name.

If you want a really unusual name OP call him John.

I haven't met a John under the age of 40 for years.

Squoosh 'Christmas' is better than 'Buddy'.

Rudi is ok, but personally Buddy sounds like a dog's name to me.

I just remembered my dad had a
Dog called bud- short for Budweiser.