Judith or Julia?

[Missmodular]

I'd love to call my next dd Judith - Jude for short - but I'm worried the full name sounds a little austere. So am thinking of Julia as a 'safer' option. However, not so keen on the nickname 'Jules' which it will inevitably become!

What do people on here think?

What about Judy?

Julia or Juliet are soooooooooooooooooooooo much nicer. Jude is nice for a girl or a boy but Judith is just disasterous in my opinion- surely that is a very old lady's name? I have an old aunt judith. No No No.

Of course it's your opinion that counts

I love both names and have good friends with both. Jude is a better shortening than Judy as its more funky, but I don't think Judith is too austere. It writes beautifully as well.

Julia is lovely too and shortens nicely to Jules.

Go for it!

why can't you just go for Jude as it is (I knew a female Jude)

Julia or Juliet.

MUCH nicer than Judith.

Juliet is the nicest of all, I think.

Julia is nice.

Not keen on Judith.

Jude is a boy's name, to me.

Oh please don't diss Judith! The Judith I know is fantastic, pretty and has loads of friends. I call her Judith because I've known her ages, but her more recent friends call her Jude and she really does suit both. I know she thinks her name is old fashioned, but its actually more unusual, because even 60 years ago, not many people were called it.

It means princess and is hebrew. I don't know about Julia which I still like!!

Quite like Juliet too.

I like Judy too.

I like them both, but prefer Julia at a pinch.

find Judith more interesting as a name than Julia, although Julia is also nice

Like Julia or Juliet.
Dislike Judith and Judy. Jude is so so.

I like Juliet best of all, but also Julia and Judith. Love Jude: think Judy is revolting ;)

Judith is lovely - but then (a) I have a dear friend called Judith; and (b) I adore the softness of names ending in "th" - feminine without being cloying - like Edith, Ruth, Delyth.

Julia is nice too. Roman, isn't it? Elegant.

Thanks for your feedback! Judith seems to be a name that, on the right person, can really work - thing is, will I be able to tell if my little dd will be the right person when she's born? I guess I'll have to wait and see!

I think Judith is beautiful - really stylish. And Jude is a lovely shortening that will suit from a little girl to a cool teenager! Go for it.

Julia is beautiful I think. I think of Diana Quick in Brideshead.

Jude sounds too boyish and Judith is horrible

What about Juliana as an alternative? Lovely version of Julia imo.

I love Judith and Judy. I used to like Judy Bloom books and always admired her name!

I prefer Julia and also love Juliet.
Don't like Judith at all - it sounds quite 'hard' (to me anyway).
What about Trudie / Trudy if you like the Jude / Judy sound? (I know a gorgeous baby Trudy)......

Judith is beautiful
Julia is very ordinary

Julia is a million times nicer than Judith.

I love Judy and it's on my shortlist should I ever need one! Not so wild about Judith but would use it as full for Judy.

Am liking Julia as well though. I hadn't thought of that...

Jude is good. Also Julieanne, Juliet. Judith seems a bit late-middle aged to me and Julia a bit ordinary.

I Love love love Julia! That's the girls name we picked when i was pregnant with dc1. But he was a boy and we called him David. Also love the Beatles song called "Julia" too. One of my all time favourites and if i had a girl called julia i would sing it to her all the time...that's never gonna happen though now

I absolutely love Judith, and also Juliet.

Julia has a very particular flavour to me which I don't personally like, but I can see why others do.

Julian for a girl is also possible but more unusual - probably too unusual at the moment, i certainly wouldn't have used it.