Judith: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced JOO-dith · 2 syllables

Judith means “woman from Judea, Jewess”, from Hebrew.

Ultimately from Hebrew (Y'hudit, “woman from Judea, Jewess”). Doublet of Yehudit.

How popular is Judith?

Judith was the #788 name in the US in 2025, given to 344 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1940.

Babies named Judith in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1940).

Half of US adults named Judith are older than 75; most are between 43 and 86. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Judith have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Judith means “woman from Judea, Jewess”. It comes from Hebrew.

Judith is pronounced JOO-dith.

Judith was the #788 name in the US in 2025, given to 344 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1940.

Half of US adults named Judith are older than 75. Most are between 43 and 86.