Jude or Louie…

[Newbubs]

For a boy…
which do you prefer & why

Louis.

Jude reminds me of the yellow stars Jews had to wear.

Any name for any child shoukd be spelled correctly. Naming a child Louie instead of Louis is on a par with naming a girl Joolie instead of Julie.

As others have said Jude makes me think of Jude the Obscure and it's a sad tale.

He may not thank you for Louie when he's grown up op and has had to take on board numerous comments about the incorrect spelling of his name.

They're practically neck-and-neck, there's very little in it. There were only 18 more babies registered as Louie.

Names evolve and in a few years Louie may be the standard version used in the UK.

It will certainly be easier to teach that spelling to a young boy. Only in French would the S not be pronounced normally.

Names evolve and in a few years Louie may be the standard version used in the UK

I don't think that will happen.

Plus, a few years would be extremely unlikely, if you look at the general movement of names within the stats and their movements and the time that takes.

It's more likely to be like Deborah and Debra, where Debra is very dated but Deborah is a classic

Agree @DuchessOfSausage Deborah has remained the classic.

Someone I know has a Jorja. I wince when I see it written down.

Louis could always be Louie as a nn, if spelling is an issue e.g. living in Missouri.

Definitely Jude. It's a simple strong name along the lines of Jack, Josh and Jake but less commonly used.

Don't love Louis as a name anyway, but there's nothing to hate. However I really dislike it spelt as Louie. I get your reasoning but you asked for mine.

Hate Jude, plus it is everywhere atm.
Louis is nice. Not Louie though!

Love both.

Both very popular names but popular for good reason.

Names evolve and in a few years Louie may be the standard version used in the UK.

That's takes decades & with the likes of Prince Louis I would argue it will go the other way.

Aren't the Cambridge children Jorj, Sharlot and Luey?

I used to know a Louis who 'changed' (didn't officially change it but introduced himself) to Lewis, as he said so many people mistakenly called him Lewis. It did surprise me at the time that many people get it wrong but seeing this thread makes me believe it's not that uncommon!

Jude was our second choice for our son born this year but I was put off by how popular it is becoming (especially as someone I know got there first!)

It will certainly be easier to teach that spelling to a young boy. Only in French would the S not be pronounced normally.

That doesn't make sense as you learn your name as it is & it doesn't register how difficult it is. Plus it's a French name so of course that's the normal pronunciation. Same with lots of names & words that are French in origin.

You could spell Siobhan Shivawn if you want but it's a bit odd to argue that the latter spelling is how it should be spelt because we don't have the bh v sound but it's Irish name not an English one.

Louis.
No particular reason.

Jude is a saint’s name, one of the 12 Apostles. It’s ancient. The fact that it means something else in another random language is irrelevant.

Another bite for jude. But Louis is lovely too. Cant go wrong

Between Jude and Louie, I vote Louie!

It will certainly be easier to teach that spelling to a young boy. Only in French would the S not be pronounced normally.

I have never once met a NT child who had any difficulty spelling his or her own name. Not a single one, including myself approximately 53 years ago, even though I have an Irish name and at the age of three I didn't know a word of Irish.

Honestly, how do you think all the Aoifes and Niamhs and Siobhans up and down the length and breadth of England manage?

And children with surnames like Wright?

Prefer Louie. The only Jude is know I shorten to Judy without really thinking and I don't think Judy is a good name for a boy!!

Thanks everyone for comments
but now i am actually off both names 🤣 others i like

Daniel
Georgie
Toby
Jack
Lex

I'd choose Daniel or Jack

Honestly I'm sure most people know how to pronounce Louis and don't need an alternative spelling to help them, as if we're all still learning phonics!

Both Jude and Louis are lovely names.

From your latest list, I like Daniel best, with Jack second. I know too many Toby dogs to use it on a child! Georgie sounds like a a nursery rhyme nickname and Lex is just odd, like someone saying Alex without the first syllable