I’m considering using [name_m]Julian[/name_m] for my third boy and fourth child with the nick name [name_u]Jude[/name_u]. So it would be [name_m]Julian[/name_m] “[name_u]Jude[/name_u]” [name_u]Reid[/name_u].
Older brothers would be [name_m]Donovan[/name_m] “[name_u]Dean[/name_u]” [name_m]Ross[/name_m] and [name_m]Callan[/name_m] [name_m]Alexander[/name_m]. Big sis named [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] [name_f]Paige[/name_f].
Is [name_u]Jude[/name_u] too close to [name_u]Dean[/name_u] being one syllable like that? Any suggestions for alternatives??
I think [name_m]Julian[/name_m] “[name_u]Jude[/name_u]” works. I do not think [name_u]Jude[/name_u] and [name_u]Dean[/name_u] sound a like at all. The only other nicknames I can think of are [name_u]Jules[/name_u], [name_u]Jule[/name_u], and [name_m]Ian[/name_m].
[name_u]Jude[/name_u] is my favorite nickname for [name_m]Julian[/name_m]. I love it. I don’t think it sounds similar to [name_u]Dean[/name_u] either. They do both have ‘D’ in the name, but [name_u]Dean[/name_u] is a soft sound while [name_u]Jude[/name_u] is a bit of harder sound. That makes it a big difference to me. The only other nicknames that hasn’t already been suggestion I can think of are [name_u]Uli[/name_u] and maybe [name_u]Lian[/name_u](said like [name_m]Leon[/name_m]).
I love [name_u]Jude[/name_u] as a nn for [name_m]Julian[/name_m], and it totally works.
The Beatles song, Hey [name_u]Jude[/name_u], was written by [name_m]Paul[/name_m] McCartney for [name_m]John[/name_m] [name_u]Lennon[/name_u]'s son [name_m]Julian[/name_m]… it was originally going to be Hey [name_u]Jules[/name_u], but PMc decided [name_u]Jude[/name_u] sounded better in a song. As far as I’m concerned, from this point onwards, [name_u]Jude[/name_u] became a more than acceptable nickname for [name_m]Julian[/name_m] (or indeed [name_m]Julius[/name_m]).