Jude or Jake?

[Smarshian]

Big sister Eva Alexandra. Middle name either Matthew or Howard (or both).

I prefer Jude to Jake. Jake sounds like a naughty dog to me. Jacob is nice though. I love both of your middle names and given the same shortlist would use Matthew Jacob or Matthew Howard.

Thanks for your reply. Dad is Matthew Howard so don't want a Matthew junior, hence use for middle name.

Jude.

Jude

Jake.

I like Jacob Matthew (Jake).
I like Jack Howard, I realise you didn't ask that though.😄

Jude

Jude. I love Jacob, but don’t like Jake.

Jude

Jude by miles and miles unless you like Jacob then that gives you Jake. Jude is just a little more different, he's the patron Saint of lost causes if that is of any interest to you.

baby name choices should take into consideration where you live. Are you living somewhere where your choice of name will be laughed at behind your back or lead to your child being bullied?

Where I stay, Jude, Howard or Eva would be considered far too posh. Jake or Matthew would be borderline acceptable/posh

Not meaning to be nasty when I say this, I'm just being honest. I'm in a working class area where there are a lot of celebrity / reality star names as well as double barrelled names. In a more affluent area, these would be mocked.

Fortunately, as I'm in Scotland, we can use Scottish place names and Gaelic names as alternatives so DD has a Gaelic name. However there are a lot of kids at her school with ridiculous names.

Someone called Elizabeth for example would be terribly bullied sadly.

Jude. Jake/Jacob is very common

Common as in lots of them

Jude

Jude Matthew

Jude. Definitely

Out of those 2 Jude

Jude is a horrible name. Awful harsh, ugly sound.

I'm not thrilled by Jake but it's a zillion times better than Jude. I prefer Matthew to Howard in general (Howard is very wet), but I like Howard as a middle name.

Jude is horrible. Jake and Jacob are nice.
Jake will get lengthened to Jakey, which is a lot better than a boy nn'ed Judey.

Jude

Jake but prefer Jacob

Jude! Not keen on Jake and I'm definitely not a fan of Jacob.

Jude by a country mile. It's a gorgeous name.

I love Jude :-) I'd go for Jude Matthew, I think it's a great name!

I'd go for Jake Matthew.