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Judith

Pronunciation: JOO-dith (key)

Names related to Judith: Jude, Judy

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Origin of the name Judith:

Cognate of the Hebrew Jehudith and Yehudit, which are feminine forms of Jehuda and Yehudhah. These names, Anglicized as Judah, mean "he will be praised." Because Judah was also the name of a kingdom in ancient Palestine, the name can also mean "from Judah."

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Nicknames for Judith: | Edit: Jude, Judi, Judie, Jodie, Judy
Meanings and history of the name Judith: | Edit: Judith in Hebrew is "Yehudit" which means "a girl or woman from the tribe of Judah," or "Jewish woman."
Famous real-life people named Judith: | Edit: Judith "Judge Judy" Sheindlin, American Judge and television personality.
Judy Blume, American author.
Judith Resnik, American engineer and a NASA astronaut.
Dame Judith Anderson, Australian actress.
Judith Ann (J. A.) Jance, American author.
Dame Judi Dench, English actress.
Judith Guest, American writer.
Judith Krantz, American writer.
Judith Miller, American journalist.
Judith Light, American actress.
Judith Ivey. American actress.
Judith Sargent Murray, early American advocate for women's rights
Judy Collins, singer/songwriter
Judy Woodruff, television journalist
Judith Lieber, handbag designer
Judith Butler, feminist scholar
Judy Garland, American actress (Wizard of Oz) and mother of Liza Minelli
Judith in song, story & screen: | Edit: Book of Judith, a Book in Apocrypha of the Old Testament
Judith Harper from the sitcom Two and a Half Men
Suite Judy Blue Eyes, Crosby, Stills and Nash song
In the French card game the Queen of Hearts is named Judith