Judith

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled יהודית in IL Israel, RO Romania, PL Poland and 2 more, Judit in HU Hungary, EC Ecuador, BR Brazil, ג'ודית in FR France and Yodit in SE Sweden.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Judith is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name1.8M records spelled Judith52 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French

  Also written Judite, Judit, Judíth, Jüdith, Jüdïth

• a separate given name233K records spelled Judith2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Jūdīth

• Swahili given name180K records spelled Judith4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kenya, United States, Philippines, Tanzania

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho, Nyanja

  Also written Judith'

• Polish given name26K records spelled Judith81 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Russian

  Also written Judyta, Judita, Юдифь, Yudita, Юдита

• Indonesian given name16K records spelled Judith7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written Yudit, Ýüdït, Jüdith

• Greek given name8.5K records spelled Judith4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Peru

  Also written Ioudith, Ιουδηθ, Ιουδήθ

• Italian given name7.9K records spelled Judith11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom

  Languages: Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Giuditta, Giudìtta, Giùditta

79 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Judith is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, from Hebrew 'Judean woman'; early German association with JUT

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In Hebrew, from Hebrew yəhūdīt, 'Jewess'; later linked to Germanic forms

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In French, From Hebrew Yehudit, 'woman from Judea' or 'Jewess'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In English, Hebrew name meaning "woman of Judea" or "praised"

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• Biblical: Hebrew, ‘Jewish woman’. See main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Judith Leysterb. 1609NLDutch Golden Age painter (1609-1660)
• Judith Andersonb. 1897AUAustralian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)
• Judi Denchb. 1934GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress (born 1934)
• Judith Robertsb. 1935USAmerican actress
• Judy Collinsb. 1939USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (born 1939)
• Judith Resnikb. 1949USAmerican engineer and astronaut (1949–1986)
• Judith Butlerb. 1956USAmerican feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)
• Cassandra Clareb. 1973IRnot in their usual nameAmerican author
• Judy Greerb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Judith Barsib. 1978USAmerican child actress (1978-1988)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,658 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Judith?

We estimate roughly 519 thousand people bear Judith (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Judith have the most bearers?

We estimate about 376 thousand people bear Judith in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled judith.

Where is Judith most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Judith is densest in Hungary — about 1 in 114 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Judith compared with other names?

In the United States, Judith is the 129th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Judith a male or female name?

Judith is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Judith mean?

Recorded meaning: Hebrew ‘Jewess’; used to anglicise Sile (Sheila) and Siobhan.