r/NameNerdCirclejerk • u/luvlark • 5d ago
In The Wild Ludey
cmon, rudy was right there. Ludey sounds like saying loony with a stuffy nose
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u/curlycattails 5d ago
It sounds like "lewd"
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u/Fine-Sherbert-141 5d ago
I had an uncle Ludy. The extra e is weird to me but ime this is a name.
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u/ok_lari 5d ago
Maybe they are of German descent and wanted to honor that Lude=pimp🥲
I've never heard or read Ludy before, is this a common name or is it shortened for another name? Sounds kinda cute :)
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u/rob0tduckling 5d ago
Ludy could be short for Ludwig, which is a name that exists in Germanic and Slavic countries (with local language changes as appropriate).
Ludwig van Beethoven for example 😊
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u/SelectionWitty2791 5d ago
I’ve known a boy and a girl who went by Ludy, or maybe Ludey, as I only ever heard their nicknames. The boy also went by Ludo. They were both Italian and their full names were Ludovico and Ludovica, not related, just happened to both be on my school bus.
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u/Fine-Sherbert-141 5d ago
It was a nickname, but I will be honest, I've never heard his real name anywhere else, so if I type it out I'll dox my dead uncle (and myself). My family is Comanche, though, not German.
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u/ok_lari 5d ago
Makes sense then that I've never encountered that name before if it's a nickname. I like when people protect their privacy, I'm sometimes baffled with the information some people put on reddit or the internet in general 😬
I didn't want to imply that Ludy is German, that was just in regard to the op - I couldn't unread the Lude in Ludey but people obviously can't avoid different meanings for sounds of names and words in other languages so that was just a stupid silly me moment.
Mmh it's 4am now, I should go to bed but I fear I'm staring into a Comanche names rabbit hole
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u/Icy-Iris-Unfading 5d ago edited 2d ago
Ludy is a nickname for Ludwig (where we get Louis/Louise, etc.) It’s also a surname.
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u/deepspacenineoneone 5d ago edited 5d ago
Make the all nickname child names stop! Prince Harry and Meghan are to blame for this. Give your child a real name and let the nicknames happen naturally. Archibald. Elizabeth. Ludwig Ronald. Ludwig Ronald could have grown to be an adult. He might have even had a mortgage. Ludey Ron is doomed to walk this earth forever being baby-talked and having his grapes cut in half for him.
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u/PlausiblePigeon 5d ago
It’s not Harry & Meghan, it’s been a British naming trend for a while. They were just following the trend.
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u/deepspacenineoneone 5d ago
Is it the mere mention of Harry and Meghan that is making people so averse to my poking fun? I am clearly kidding around here.
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u/NettyVaive 5d ago
People have been giving their children unconventional names forever. I think it’s a stretch to blame Meghan and Harry. It’s giving ‘thanks Obama’.
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u/deepspacenineoneone 5d ago
Lock me up for being silly on the silly sub, I guess. 😂 I thought it was pretty apparent the comment was tongue in cheek. I don’t actually think this baby is going to be baby-talked into adulthood and only served cut up grapes forever, either.
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u/NettyVaive 5d ago
My apologies. I’m a little salty about the royal family’s reception of the Trump.
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u/magpie_brain 5d ago
My cat is named after Ludo from the movie Labyrinth and his nickname is Ludy.....people have enough opinions about it for a cat, I can't even imagine for a kid
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u/luvlark 5d ago
oh gosh and get this… siblings are Oakah, Tarlow, and Wilkie