Jude (given name)

Jude
St. Jude Thaddeus by El Greco
GenderUnisex, primarily masculine
Language(s)Hebrew
Origin
Meaning"Praise"
Other names
Related namesJudah, Judas, Judith, Judy, Yehuda

Jude is a unisex, primarily masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning "praise." It is an English variant of Judas, which is itself a Greek form of Judah, an English version of the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה, which is written in Latin as Yehuḏa. Variants of the name are used for several Biblical figures. Jude the Apostle is a Roman Catholic patron saint of hopeless cases.[1] It is also occasionally used as a feminine short form of the names Judith or Judy or as an independent feminine given name.[2]

Biblical

  • Jude, brother of Jesus, who is sometimes identified as being the same person as Jude the Apostle
  • Jude the Apostle, an apostle also called Judas Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus, the patron saint of lost causes in the Catholic Church

Men

Women

References

  1. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jude (1)".
  2. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jude (2)".
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