Judith

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪθ/ enPR: jo͞o'dəth

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• Rhymes: -uːdɪθ

Judith

1. A female given name from Hebrew
   • 1833 The New Monthly Magazine, E. Littell, Vol. 1, January-June 1833, page 211("On Grand Christian Names"):

     The beauty and simplicity of names are altogether arbitrary: Mary and Elizabeth, and Judith, may suit a taste formed on the Puritan model, that is to say, an English and Scottish taste: the French consider Victoire, Adele, Adriane, or any other such "fanciful and romantic" names, quite as simple, and perhaps as beautiful, as Mr. Stuart does Mary and Jane.

2. A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
4. (biblical) The protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Judith 13:2,8:
     :

     And Judith was left along in the tent, and Holofernes lying along upon his bed: for he was filled with wine. --- And she smote twice upon his neck with all her might, and she took away his head from him.

6. (biblical) A wife of Esau.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, Genesis 26:34-35:
     :

     And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

• Judith Basin County

• Jud.
• pet forms: Judie, Judy, Jodi, Jodie, Jody

• → Cebuano: Judith

• Judah
• Jude

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From English Judith, from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).

Judith

1. a female given name from English
2. the book of Judith
3. (biblical) the protagonist of the Biblical book of Judith
4. (biblical) a wife of Esau

From Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).

Judith

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Judith

• Judit
• Jytte

From Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.dit/

Judith f

1. Judith; the Book of Judith
2. a female given name

• Judit

From Latin Judith, from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (yəhūḏīṯ, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːdɪt/

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Judith f (proper noun, genitive Judiths or Judith, plural Judithen or Judiths)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Judith

• Jutta (perhaps)

From Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).

Judith

1. a female given name, popular spelling variant of the biblical Judit

From Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).

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Judith c (genitive Judiths)

1. a female given name, variant of Judit