Judah - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Judah \j(u)-

is pronounced JOO-dah. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "the praised one". Biblical: Judah was the fourth of Jacob's 12 sons. Judas, the Greek form of Judah, is very rarely used, due to the infamy of Judas Iscariot.

Judah has 4 variant forms: Jody, Jud, Judd and Jude.

For more information, see also the related name Yehudi.

Baby names that sound like Judah are Jediah and Jada.

Judah is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#15786 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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