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?

I love Judith, really love it, I would definitely prefer it to Julia (as I really don't like the shortening Julie or Jules). I have used Juliana as a middle name, so that's nice too but Judith is really really nice, unusual without being difficult to spell or pronounce, has a lovely meaning as someone already pointed out.... go for it! Of course your dd will carry it off with style and character

Jude is lovely (my SIL's name - but she never EVER uses Judith because she hates it)

Julia is my mum's name and I've always loved it.

Juliet is my boss's name so now I feel a bit about it though I used to love it!

Definitely Julia

I'm a Julie and it's very rare that anybody calls me "Jules" (not that I would mind, I like nicknames, and I like it when people use them for me).

Judith - Hate, even though I know two lovely Judiths.

Julia - Love

I went to school with twins called Judith and Juliet.

judith i wasn't keen on initially but when put with jude i really like it

i know a julia who is 8 or 9 i think - shes lovely so im quite fond of the name lol
at first i was a bit hmmm thats an odd name for a little girl but now i know her it suits her to a tee - very unusual imo but perfect for the right person
also, im not fond of the nickname jules, but this julia is known simply as julia, so i think if you wanted her to be julia you'd probably get away with it more that something like rebecca which is much more likely to get shorterned

Julia.

Judith - shortened to Jude. Lovely.

My DS was supposed to be a Julia, so I love it. Also love Juliet.

I have unfortunate associations with Judith, so could not possibly condone calling a baby this.

I love the name Judith, and don't know why it's not more used.

Julia I find a bit cold.

I think they both sound very dated but I love Jude.

Not to fussed on Judith but Julia is lovely

I have an aunt Judith and a dreadful MIL also called Judith.

I have never liked the name, but I do like Jude.

The funny thing is when we lived in Germany, they pronounce it 'Yoo-dit' it sounded very sweet for a little girl.