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[Opinions] Tudor
I was looking through my elementary year book and I found one of my classmates named Tudor. He was from Romania. WDYT?
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It just makes me think of the Tudor dynasty. I don't like it as a name.
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I know someone named Tudor! He's in his late 20s. And I like the name. :)
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All I can think of are the Tudors of history, but I think it's an interesting member of the Theodore family.
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I like the name. Not to the point I'd ever use it, but I think there are worse names out there. And I like the Romanian pronunciation better.
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Love it!
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I like it. I'm not sure I'd ever use it, though. I like the Welsh forms better-- Tewdwr or Tudur. For some reason Tudor looks kind of pretentious in English.
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As in the royal family? I don't care for it. Reminds me of Henry VIII.
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Tudor houses. A two door car. I think that Tudor could work with the right last name, on someone in a non-English speaking country, or on a character in a story. It's not exactly my style but I could see myself using it in a story. It's an OK name. Does anyone know if it is pronounced differently in Romanian? That would change things, too.
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Yes, the Romanian the pronunciation is very different. You can listen to it here.http://www.forvo.com/word/tudor#ro
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NMS but culturally awesome. I would've chosen Teodor but then again I'm not Romanian ;o)
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In Romania Teodor is viewed as being a little pretentious (which is weird to me since Teodora is very common for girls). Tudor is considered more down to earth. And what people like about it is that it's a 'Romanian' name and that it has a strong historical association.
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I think of Henry VIII, Mary I, Elizabeth I. I wouldn't use it.
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I don't like it. It sounds too much like "tooter" to me.
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