Judith (given name)
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Judith and the Head of Holofernes from the Book of Judith, depicted in this painting by Gustav Klimt. | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | "She will be praised" or "Woman of Judea" |
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| Related names | Judy, Judah |
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Judith is a feminine given name derived from the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית or Yehudit, meaning "She will be praised" or "woman of Judea". Judith appeared in the Old Testament as the wife of Esau and in the Apocryphal Book of Judith.[1]
The name was among the top 50 most popular given names for girls born in the United States between 1936 and 1956. Its popularity has since declined. It was the 893rd most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2012, down from 74th place in 1960.[2]
Name variants
Alternate forms of the name Judith include:
- Yahuda (Arabic)
- Giuditta (Italian)
- הודעס Hudes (Yiddish)
- Jitka (Czech)
- Jodi (English)
- Jodus (English)This is not a female version of the name
- Jodie (English)
- Jody (English)
- Jude (English)
- Judeta (Spanish)
- Judina (Spanish)
- Ιουδίθ (Iudith) (Greek)
- Judit (Hungarian), (Scandinavian), (Spanish)
- Judita (Czech), (Slovak), (Spanish), (Lithuanian)
- Judite (Portuguese)
- Judīte (Latvian)
- Judith (French, German)
- Juditha (French)
- Judithe (French)
- Judyta (Polish)
- Jutka (Dutch), (Hungarian)
- Jutta (German)
- Jutte (Dutch), (German)
- Juut (Dutch)
- Jytte (Danish)
- יְהוּדִית Yehudit (Hebrew)(or referred as Chomar-Sheli)-95 years old{Check the reference}
- יידעל Yidel (Yiddish)
- Yodit (Amharic)
- יודעל Yudel (Yiddish)
- Юдифь Yudif (Russian)
- Юдита Yudita ( from the Carpatho-Russyn / TransCarpathian area)
- יוטקע Yutke (Yiddish)-- actually this pronunciation is a Hungarian nickname for Udit which is how it is pronounced in Hungary
See also
- Judah (disambiguation)
- Judith (disambiguation)
- Judy (disambiguation)
Notes
{3} 95 years old Ardy Eliahoo