Judah

Where Judah comes from

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (yehudá). Doublet of Judas and Yehuda.
— Wiktionary's entry for Judah
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1811
    Judah P. Benjamin born
    American politician and lawyer
  2. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,544 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1969
    Judah Friedlander born
    American actor and comedian
  4. 2023
    Peak, #176
    2,101 babies named Judah — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Judah P. Benjamin · American politician and lawyer, 1811–1884
  • Judah Friedlander · American actor and comedian, born 1969
  • Judah Folkman · American biologist, 1933–2008
  • Judah Lewis · American actor, born 2001
  • Judah Leon Magnes · American rabbi, 1877–1948

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.