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It's okay.

I don't care for it. I can't get Hey Jude out of my head.

Rather go for William and Nell. Jude has numerous unfortunate rhymes, but the main issue is how it masquerades as a short form of Judith rather than Judah or Judas.

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That said, the Beatles song is one of the glories of our civilisation, but even there, Jude becomes Judy at one point.

Love it!

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One of my top favorites for a boy for some time now. I think it's classic, while maintaining a sense of modernity...and it's not overly used.

I like it, but I prefer it as a NN for Julian.

No

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Jude is one of my least favourite names of all time. Partly because I find the sound really unattractive - Rude Jude, lewd Jude, Jude the prude, crude Jude, Jude pooed.
But mainly because Jude is the German word for Jew. Even though it is pronounced differently (in German J=Y, and the e isn't silent) I've been to Auschwitz and Sachsenhausen. The word Jude was everywhere, and as a result is forever tied in my mind with the horrific things that happened there. Things that I couldn't even imagine happened until I was there where they actually did. I still have nightmares about what I saw and learnt. I can't separate the word Jude from that.

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So I really can't stand Jude. Which is funny, because I love Judah. But I'd never use it, because of the chance it would be shortened to Jude.

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I recently got to know the most awesome woman called Jude. Her full name was Judith but Jude suited her because she was cool and spunky whereas Judith is a kind of frumpy old fashioned name.

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I don't mind it for a boy, but since meeting Jude I think of it as a girls' name.

I like it, but it has a nicknamey vibe to it.

I really despise it. It's such an unattractive sound. For some reason, whenever I hear this name, I get a picture in my mind's eye of a big, hulking, hairy Neanderthal. Also Judas Iscariot. Whom I picture as a big, hulking, hairy Neanderthal. Blech.

Love. Love. Love.

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I love Jude. Its simple yet sophisticated. Its not very common. All things going for it. Pair it with a great middle name it its so handsome.

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My favorite combos are:

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Jude Edmund
Jude Alexander
Jude Maximilian

I like it. It's handsome. I just wish it wasn't the Swedish word for 'jew'. Wouldn't work here. :)

I really like the name Jude a lot. It's handsome, masculine, simple yet still strong. It's not overly popular either, which is a bonus.