Meaning, Origin And History Of The Name Judith

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Meaning & History

From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehuḏiṯ) meaning "Jewish woman", feminine of יְהוּדִי (yehuḏi), ultimately referring to a person from the tribe of Judah. In the Old Testament Judith is one of the Hittite wives of Esau. This is also the name of the main character of the apocryphal Book of Judith. She killed Holofernes, an invading Assyrian commander, by beheading him in his sleep.As an English name it did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation, despite a handful of early examples during the Middle Ages. It was however used earlier on the European continent, being borne by several European royals, such as the 9th-century Judith of Bavaria.

Related Names

Family Tree·Details RootyehuḏiVariantsJutta, Judit(German) Judit(Swedish) Judit(Norwegian) Judit(Danish) Judit(Spanish) DiminutivesJude, Judi, Judie, Judy(English) Yutke(Yiddish) Ditte(Danish) Other Languages & CulturesIoudith(Biblical Greek) Yehudit, Yehudiya(Biblical Hebrew) Iudith(Biblical Latin) Judita, Dita, Jitka(Czech) Juta(Estonian) Yehudit(Hebrew) Judit(Hungarian) Giuditta(Italian) Juta(Latvian) Judita(Lithuanian) Judyta(Polish) Judite(Portuguese) Yudif(Russian) Judita(Slovak)

Popularity

Details Last ranked #82 in 1969 Australia (NSW) Last ranked #600 in 1950 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #97 in 1967 Canada Last ranked #95 in 2015 Catalonia, Spain Last ranked #874 in 1997 England and Wales Last ranked #94 in 2024 France Last ranked #482 in 2021 Netherlands Last ranked #85 in 1970 New Zealand Last ranked #92 in 1950 Norway Last ranked #81 in 1984 Quebec, Canada Last ranked #92 in 1977 Scotland Last ranked #99 in 2012 Spain Last ranked #831 in 2024 (f) #856 in 1946 (m) United States

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Name Days

Name Days? Austria: March 13Austria: March 25Denmark: December 10France: May 5Spain: September 7Spain: December 30

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Judith with the Head of Holophernes by Cristofano Allori (1613)Judith with the Head of Holophernes by Cristofano Allori (1613)

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