Given name & surname
Jud
“praised”·“one who praises God”
Jud is a variant of Judah. Interpretations include “praised” and “one who praises God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jud is a variant of Judah. Interpretations include “praised” and “one who praises God” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jud is a variant of Judah. An origin associated with Judah is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jud through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 633
- 633 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,303 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,303 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 727 as a first name in 2020; 277 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jud’s family of names
Jud has a related form in Judah. In Breton usage, Jud has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Giuda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jud
- Jud Tayloractor, television director, television producer (1932-2008)
- Jud TylorCanadian actressborn 1979
- Jud LarsonAmerican racecar driver (1923-1966)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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