as a Last Name
- 2,190
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Jude
Meaning & Origins
English, French, and German: from the vernacular form of the Hebrew personal name Yehuda ‘Judah’ (of unknown meaning). In the Bible, this is the name of Jacob's eldest son. It was not a popular name among Christians in medieval Europe, because of the associations it had with Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Christ for thirty pieces of silver. Among Jews, however, the Hebrew name and its reflexes in various Jewish languages (such as Yiddish Yude) have been popular for generations, and have given rise to many Jewish surnames.
| 12,184th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 2,190
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Jude per capita
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