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Judith
Say it: JOO-dith
Meaning
Hebrew Yehudit, 'woman of Judea, Jewish woman'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Known from the apocryphal Book of Judith, it was borne by Carolingian royalty and has been used continuously in Europe since.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1940s
In the United States
- 454,357 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1940, about 1 in 51 girls
- 287 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
HebrewEarly ChristianEnglishFrenchGermanSpanishItalianHungarianAmerican
The family of the name
Other spellings: Judit, Judyth, Juditha, Judy
| French | Judith |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Judit |
| Italian | Giuditta |
| Portuguese | Judite |
| German | Judith |
| Polish | Judyta |
| Hungarian | Judit |
| Hebrew | Yehudit |
Famous bearers
- Judith, heroine of the Book of Judith
- Judith of Flanders, 9th-century Frankish princess
- Judith Shakespeare, daughter of William Shakespeare
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Where this comes from
- The Apocrypha and other early religious writings
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Parish baptism registers
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.