Judith

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Pronounced： [ JOO-dith (English), zhoo-DEET (French), YOO-dit (German) ]
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Usage：English, Jewish, French, German, Spanish, Biblical

Meaning & History：

From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehudit) meaning "woman from Judea", Judea being an ancient region in Israel. In the Old Testament Judith is one of the Hittite wives of Esau. This is also the name of the main character of the apocryphal Book of Judith. She killed Holofernes, an invading Assyrian commander, by beheading him in his sleep.... [more]

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EQUIVALENTS

BIBLICAL GREEK: Ioudith

BIBLICAL HEBREW: Yehudit

BIBLICAL LATIN: Iudith

BIBLICAL: Judith

CZECH: Judita

DANISH: Judit, Jytte

ENGLISH: Judith

FRENCH: Judith

GERMAN: Judith, Jutta

HEBREW: Yehudit

HUNGARIAN: Judit

ITALIAN: Giuditta

JEWISH: Judith

LITHUANIAN: Judita

NORWEGIAN: Judit

POLISH: Judyta

PORTUGUESE: Judite

SLOVAK: Judita

SPANISH: Judit, Judith

SWEDISH: Judit

YIDDISH: Hudes

DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS

CZECH: Jitka

ENGLISH: Jodene, Jodi, Jodie, Jody, Jude, Judi, Judie, Judy

YIDDISH: Yutke