Judith
/ˈdʒuː.dɪθ/noun
A feminine given name from the Hebrew Bible, borne by a heroine in the Book of Judith.
Did you know?Judith entered Christian tradition through the Greek and Latin Bible as the name of a courageous widow who defeats an enemy general, making it one of the Bible’s most enduring female names.
Etymological Timeline
Hebrew Bible
Hebrew
Yehudit
“female form of Yehudi, meaning a woman of Judah/Judea”
Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew
Yehudi
“a Judean; a person from Judah”
Greek
Greek
Ioudith
“the biblical name rendered into Greek”
Latin
Latin
Iudith
“the biblical name in the Vulgate”
Middle English
English
Judith
“the established English form of the biblical and given name”