Judith ( given name ) - wikipedia Judith ( given name ) Judith Gender Female Origin Word / name Hebrew Meaning `` She will be praised '' or `` Woman of Judea '' / for male : He is our hope & shelter Other names Related names Judy, Judah Judith is a feminine given name derived from the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית or Yehudit, meaning `` woman of Judea ''. Judith appeared in the Old Testament as the wife of Esau and in the Apocryphal Book of Judith. It is in common usage in English, French, German, many Scandinavian languages, Dutch, and Hebrew. 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. Contents 1 Name variants 2 People 3 See also 4 Notes Name variants Alternative forms of the name Judith include : Yahuda ( Arabic ) Giuditta ( Italian ) הודעס Hudes ( Yiddish ) Jitka ( Czech ) Jodi ( English ) Jodus ( English ) ( not a female version of the name ) Jodie ( English ) Jody ( English ) Jude ( English ) Judeta ( Spanish ) Judina ( Spanish ) Ιουδίθ ( Iudith ) ( Greek ) Judit ( Catalan ), ( 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 ) יידעל Yidel ( Yiddish ) Yodit ( Amharic ) יודעל Yudel ( Yiddish ) Юдифь Yudif ( Russian ) Юдита Yudita ( from the Carpatho - Russyn / TransCarpathian area ) יוטקע Yutke ( Yiddish ) People Judith Anderson, Australian - born British actress Judith Arcana, American writer Judith Arndt, German cyclist Judith Arnold, pen name of Barbara Keeler, American romance novelist Judith Audu, Nigerian actress and blogger Judith Auer, German Resistance fighter Judith Babirye, Ugandan gospel musician Judith Barsi, American actress Judith Baxter, British sociolinguist Judith Binney, New Zealand historian Judith Black, American storyteller Judith Blau, American sociologist Judith Blegen, American operatic soprano Judith Butler, American gender theorist Judith Alice Clark, American antiwar activist and convicted murderer Dame Judith Olivia Dench, English actress and author Judith Durham, Australian singer Judith Hand, American biologist Judith Ivey, American actress and theatre director Judith Jones, Ame rican writer and editor Judith Keppel, first one - million - pound in nner on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? in the United Kingdom Judith Light, American actress Judith Lowry, American actress Judith Lucy, Australian comedian Judith Ann Mayotte, American Roman Catholic theologian and humanitarian Judith Miller, American journalist and writer Judith Miller ( antiques expert ), British antiques expert Judith E. Stein, American art historian and curator Judith Stein, American historian Judith Tyberg, American Sanskrit scholar Judith Zaffirini, American politician See also Judah ( disambiguation ) Judith ( disambiguation ) Judy ( given name ) Notes Jump up ^ Behind the Name - Given Name JUDITH Jump up ^ Behind the Name - Popularity for Judith in the United States This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Judith_(given_name)&oldid=814020293 '' Categories : Given names Feminine given names Hebrew - language names English feminine given names French feminine given names Hebrew feminine given names German feminine given names Dutch feminine given names Norwegian feminine given names Swedish feminine given names Danish feminine given names Finnish feminine given names Icelandic feminine given names Hidden categories : All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Deutsch Français Íslenska Nederlands 日本 語 Simple English Edit links This page was last edited on 6 December 2017, at 13 : 22. About Wikipedia

Question: what does the name judy mean in the bible
Answer: She will be praised