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 one of Esau's wives, while the deuterocanonical

Book of Judith The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book, included in the Septuagint and the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christian Old Testament of the Bible, but excluded from the Hebrew canon and assigned by Protestants to the apocrypha. It tells ...

deals with a different Judith. It is in common usage in English,

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, German, many Scandinavian languages, Dutch, and Hebrew. In Eritrea it is called Yodit. The name was among the top 50 most popular given names for girls born in the United States between 1936–1956, but 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 in 1960.Behind the Name - Popularity for Judith in the United States
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Alternative forms of the name Judith include: *يهوديت Yahudit ( Arabic) *Giuditta ( Italian) *הודעס ''Hudes'' (

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

) *Iúidit ( Irish) *Jitka ( Czech) *Jodi ( English) *Jodie ( English) *Jody ( English) *Judeta ( Spanish) *Judina ( Spanish) *Ιουδίθ (Iudith) ( Greek) *

Judit Judit is a feminine given name related to Judith. Notable people with the name include: * Judit Bar-Ilan (1958–2019), Israeli computer scientist * Judit Elek (born 1937), Hungarian film director and screenwriter * Judit Földing-Nagy (born 1965 ...

( Catalan), ( Hungarian), ( Scandinavian), ( Spanish) *Judita ( Czech), ( Slovak), ( Spanish), (

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

), ( Slovene), ( Croatian) *Judite ( Portuguese) *Judīte ( Latvian) *Judith (

, German) *Juditha (

) *Judithe (

) *Judyta ( Polish) *Juta ( Polish) *Jutka ( Dutch), ( Hungarian) *Jutta ( German) *Jutte ( Dutch), ( German) *Juut ( Dutch) *Jytte ( Danish) *Iudita ( Romanian) *יְהוּדִית Yehudit ( Hebrew) *יידעל Yidel (

) *Yodit (

Amharic Amharic ( or ; (Amharic: ), ', ) is an Ethiopian Semitic language, which is a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages. It is spoken as a first language by the Amharas, and also serves as a lingua franca for all oth ...

) *יודעל Yudel (

) *Юдифь Yudif’ ( Russian) *Иудифь Iudif’ ( Russian) *Джудит Djudit ( Russian) *יוטקע Yutke (

) *Ditka ( Slovene)

People

* Queen Judith (disambiguation), a number of medieval women * Judith of Bavaria (died 843), Frankish queen * Judith of Friuli (fl. 881), daughter of Eberhard * Judith of Flanders (c. 843–c. 870), Princess of the Carolingian Franks, Queen of Wessex, Countess of Flanders * Judith of Schweinfurt (fl. 1003–1058), wife of Bretislaus I of Bohemia * Gudit (fl. 960), queen who sacked Axum, now in Ethiopia; also known as Judith or Yudit * Zewditu I (1876–1930), queen of Ethiopia whose name is sometimes erroneously Anglicised as "Judith" * 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 Judith Babirye is a Ugandan gospel musician and politician. She is a senior pastor at "New Life Deliverance Church", in Makindye Division, in the southeastern part of Kampala, Uganda's capital city. She also served as the elected Member of Pa ...

, Ugandan gospel musician * Judith Barsi, American actress *

Judith Baxter Judith Baxter (1955 – 24 February 2018) was a British sociolinguist and Professor of Applied linguistics at Aston University where she specialised in Gender and Language, and Leadership Language. She served in editorial positions with severa ...

, British sociolinguist *

Judith Berry Judith Berry (born 1961) is a Canadian painter. Life and work Judith Berry was born in London, Ontario and raised in Saskatoon. She studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and then attended the Banff School of Fine Arts.J ...

(born 1961), Canadian painter * Judith Binney, New Zealand historian * Judith Black, American storyteller * Judith Blau, American sociologist * Judith Blegen, American operatic soprano * Judith Ten Bosch, Dutch painter and illustrator * Judith Burganger (born 1939), American pianist *

Judith Butler Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. In 1993, Butler ...

, American gender theorist * Judith Alice Clark, American antiwar activist and convicted murderer *

Judith Clute Judith Clute (born 1942) is a Canadian painter, graphic designer, print-maker, and illustrator who has created cover art and illustrations for a number of well-known science fiction authors and magazines. Clute has British citizenship and works in ...

(born 1942), Canadian painter, graphic designer, print-maker, and illustrator *

Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her ec ...

(born Judith Marjorie Collins), American singer/songwriter * Dame Judi Dench (born Judith Olivia Dench), English actress and author *

Judith Durham Judith Durham (born Judith Mavis Cock; 3 July 1943 – 5 August 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter and musician who became the lead singer of the Australian folk music group the Seekers in 1963. The group became the first Australian p ...

, Australian singer * Judy Finnigan (born 1939), English television presenter, author, columnist *

Judith Forrai Judith Forrai (born 27 January 1949) is a Hungarian historian of science, medical historian, dentist, professor, doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and editor-in-chief of ''Kaleidoscope'', a cultural, scientific and medical history jour ...

(born 1949), Hungarian historian of science, medical historian, dentist, professor, journal editor-in-chief * Judith R. Goodstein (born 1939), American historian of science * Judith Hamilton, Canadian theatre director *

Judith Hand Judith L. Hand is an American evolutionary biologist, animal behaviorist (ethologist) and a novelist. She writes on a variety of topics related to the science of animal and human behavior, including the biological and evolutionary roots of war, ...

, American biologist *

Judith Holofernes Judith Holfelder-Roy (''née'' Holfelder-von der Tann; born 12 November 1976), known by her stage name Judith Holofernes, is a German singer, guitarist, songwriter and author. She was the lead singer of Wir sind Helden, the German pop rock band ...

(born 1976), German singer-songwriter *

Judith Ann Carter Horton Judith Ann Carter Horton (May 17, 1866 – February 16, 1948) was an educator, librarian, and community leader who founded the first public library for African Americans in Oklahoma. Early life and education Judith Ann Carter was born May 17, 186 ...

(1866–1948), African American educator and librarian * Judith Ivey, American actress and theatre director * Judith Jones, American writer and editor * Judith Keppel, first one-million-pound winner on the television game show '' Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' in the United Kingdom * Judith Kerr (1923–2019), German-born British writer and illustrator *

Judith Krantz Judith Krantz (née Tarcher; January 9, 1928 – June 22, 2019) was a magazine writer and fashion editor who turned to fiction as she approached the age of 50. Her first novel ''Scruples'' (1978) quickly became a ''The New York Times Best Seller ...

(1928–2019), American author and journalist *

Judith T. Lessler Judith T. Lessler is an American statistician and expert on survey methodology, particularly on surveys relating to health and epidemiology. Lessler was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and grew up on a farm in Iredell County, North Carolina. Sh ...

, American statistician and organic farmer *

Judith Liberman Judith Malika Liberman (born 1978) is a French storyteller, writer and teacher currently living in Turkey. When she was 14, she learned storytelling in a French commune and has gone on to reintroduce the telling of Anatolian fairy tales in Turke ...

(born 1978), French fairy tale narrator * Judith Light, American actress * Judith Lowry, American actress * Judith Lucy, Australian comedian *

Judith Macgregor Dame Judith Anne Macgregor (née Brown; born 17 June 1952) is a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to South Africa from 2013 to 2017. She previously served as Ambassador to Slovakia from 2004 to 2007, and Ambassador to Mexico from 2 ...

, British diplomat *

Judith Maro Judith Maro (born Ida Yehudit Anastasia Grossman; 24 November 1919 – 16 November 2011) was an Israeli-Welsh writer who published her works in English and Welsh. She was born in Dnepropetrovsk, and raised in Haifa. She was educated at the Heb ...

, Ukrainian-born Welsh-language writer *

Judith Ann Mayotte Judith Ann Mayotte (born January 25, 1937) is an American humanitarian, author, theologian, producer, former Catholic religious sister, ethicist, and university professor. Early life She was born Judith Ann Moberly in Wichita, Kansas, wher ...

, American Roman Catholic theologian and humanitarian *

Judith McKenna Judith McKenna (born 1966) is an English businesswoman. She has been CEO of Walmart's international division since 2018. Previously, she held leadership roles within Walmart's US division and Asda, a subsidiary of Walmart International. Early l ...

(born 1966/1967), British businesswoman * Judith Miller, American journalist and writer * Judith Miller (antiques expert), British antiques expert * Judith Neelley (born 1964), American serial killer * Judith Rakers, German journalist and television presenter * Judy Sheindlin, judge and host of reality TV show '' Judge Judy'' *

Judith E. Stein Judith E. Stein (born 1943) is a Philadelphia-based art historian and curator, whose academic career has focused on the postwar New York art world. She has written a biography of the art dealer Richard Bellamy, as well as feature articles rega ...

, American art historian and curator * Judith Stein (historian), American historian *

Judith Tyberg Judith Tyberg (1902–1980) was an American yogi ("Jyotipriya") and a renowned Sanskrit scholar and orientalist. Author of ''The Language of the Gods'' and two other texts on Sanskrit, she was the founder and guiding spirit of the East-West Cultura ...

, American Sanskrit scholar * Judith Zaffirini, American politician * Judith, heroine of the ''

'', one of the books included in the

Biblical apocrypha The biblical apocrypha (from the grc, ἀπόκρυφος, translit=apókruphos, lit=hidden) denotes the collection of apocryphal ancient books thought to have been written some time between 200 BC and AD 400. The Roman Catholic, Eastern Ort ...

Fictional characters

* Judith Iscariot, in the film '' Monty Python's Life of Brian'' * Judith Myers (Halloween), eldest sister of Michael Myers in the 1978 movie ''Halloween'' * Judy Hopps, the rabbit protagonist of Disney's 2016 animated film ''Zootopia'' * Judith Mossman (''Half Life'') * Judith, in the 2008 video game '' Tales of Vesperia'' * Judith Grimes, in the TV show and comic '' The Walking Dead'' * Judith, the Scourge Diva, a minor character in the popular trading card game '' Magic: the Gathering'' * Judith Dinsmore, a recurring character in the web series ''

The Most Popular Girls in School ''The Most Popular Girls in School'' (abbreviated ''MPGIS'') is an American adult stop-motion animated comedy web series that debuted on YouTube on May 1, 2012. Created by Mark Cope and Carlo Moss, the series animates Barbie, Ken and other fash ...

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