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Boys names Henry, Jude, Eoin

29 replies

Gladiator2017 · 09/09/2017 22:02

What is your favourite
Henry
Jude
Eoin

Any other suggestions for a short name? We can't use the following because of siblings/ cousins/ close relatives
Jack, Scott, James, Max, Finn, Josh, Dylan, Louis, Hugo, Charlie, John

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Snap8TheCat · 09/09/2017 22:03

Not Henry, so over used. Prefer Harry if that's a possibility. Out of all of those Eoin.

Borttagen · 09/09/2017 22:04

Eoin Smile love it

isittheholidaysyet · 09/09/2017 22:05

Jude is my favourite.
Eoin is nice, if you can put up with no-one ever being able to spell it.
Henry is too popular.

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Gladiator2017 · 09/09/2017 22:07

We would go for the Eoin spelling rather than the traditional Irish Eoghan as that would pose lots of spelling difficulties

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grufallosfriend · 09/09/2017 22:15

Eoin definitely.

Henry is dull (overused) and Jude sounds feminine to me.

Threeandabit · 09/09/2017 22:16

I like Jude best. I like Henry, but it's super popular.

Other suggestions: -

Judd
Sid
Perry

Kirk
Manny
Ron

isittheholidaysyet · 09/09/2017 22:16

There's also Owen but I personally prefer Eoin.

peachandplum · 09/09/2017 22:17

Jude is great, eoin is overused

Threeandabit · 09/09/2017 22:19

Also, Ross

Snap8TheCat · 09/09/2017 22:25

Manny? As in Handy?

Sequence · 10/09/2017 00:33

I like Henry best, it's a timeless classic.

Sequence · 10/09/2017 00:37

Nathan
Jerome
Luke
Paul
Edwin
Felix
Seth
George
Aidan
Angus
Daniel
Peter
Wilfred

LucieLucie · 10/09/2017 00:46

Jude.

How is Eoin pronounced? I've never seen that name before

DramaAlpaca · 10/09/2017 00:48

I like Eoin best, but Henry & Jude are good too.

Lucie Eoin is pronounced similarly to Owen.

ChocolateCrunch · 10/09/2017 06:58

I like Henry of your 3.

How about Adam, Leon, Ryan, Rhys, Liam, Ethan

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 10/09/2017 08:55

Henry.

Jooni · 10/09/2017 10:27

Jude is fab, though getting popular.

Henry is lovely; consistently popular rather than trending and a great solid, traditional choice.

Eoin is OK, but a pain to spell (several variants, and this isn't the predominant one) and not as nice as the others IMO.

Rafe
Jules
Rex
Seth
Innes
Tadhg

pilates · 10/09/2017 16:11

Rory

Liadain · 10/09/2017 17:26

Eoin by a mile.

Henry is fine but not as nice. Jude...I just hear Jew every time (taught one once), and that would put me off.

Niall, Cormac, Luca, Zachary, David?

ifcatscouldtalk · 10/09/2017 17:29

Henry.
I only know of one, who is a friend of a friend's son. Maybe I'm not in a Henry popular area.
Good luck choosing Smile.

PinkFlamingo888 · 10/09/2017 19:50

I like them all but Jude best. Henry I am least keen on but it's still fine. I suppose it depends on how close of relatives all of the names you listed above are as I could see siblings or very close cousins called John, James, Jack, Josh and Jude becoming a bit confusing!

PinkFlamingo888 · 10/09/2017 19:52

That said, I've just realised that I grew up with relatively close relatives all on the same side called Josh, John, Joe and Jack and we managed perfectly fine!

Lemondrop99 · 11/09/2017 20:16

I like Jude, but Eoin is very refreshing in a sea of Noah and Alfies.

ScarletSienna · 11/09/2017 20:20

I like Jude best but all of them are nice.

ladybirdsaredotty · 11/09/2017 21:51

Jude! It's in my top two for my baby, due next month Smile