Jude

kailua5

Such a great name and appearing on a lot of mom to be's lists these days.

But don't you worry about people calling him Jude-y (Judy) for nn?

 

strangebird

What?! Why would that occur to anyone?

juniper19

I ADORE this name but DH nixed it - not for that reason.  We ended up naming ds Judah, and I have to confess that in the throes of baby talk I call him "Judy-booty".  But I wouldn't be worried about people calling a boy "Judy" as a nn.

veganxangel

I don't see why anyone would ever do that. Jude is on our mn list to honor Judith/Judy but I don't foresee Judy ever being used as a nn for Jude.

kailua5

You know what I mean!  People automatically add Y's to names to make them sound cutesy.

veganxangel

kailua5:

You know what I mean!  People automatically add Y's to names to make them sound cutesy.

Not everyone. DH is Michael or Mike (only to friends), he has only been called Mikey once when he was little and MIL put his great aunt in check. I would never nickname a child without knowing what his/her parents called them.

strangebird

kailua5:

You know what I mean!  People automatically add Y's to names to make them sound cutesy.

But why would they do that to a name that is already a single-syllable? This whole thread is absurd and, in light of your other post from earlier, starting to sound like MUD. Did you just come over here to stir up sh!t?

HappyMrsK

I don't think that would be a nn people would use. My MIL is Judith and no one even calls her Judy, so nn's are not always going to happen.

MrsT0522

I wouldn't think anyone would do call him Judy....maybe start humming "Hey Jude.." but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

hf08

I'm not sure if it's MUD or not/reference to another post.  But, when researching the name it did come up on babynamesworld as one of the ways of bullying a Jude.  I'm really not concerned about it though.  IMO Jude-y seems like a lame attempt to make fun of a name without many other options for teasing.  It won't stop me from using it.

rabbit

Our Jude is Judey all the time at home......no big deal. No one calls him that in Kindergarten.