Given name & surname
Juda
“filled with goodness”
Juda is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “filled with goodness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “filled with goodness.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Juda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 540
- 378 boys · 162 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,933 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +39%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,933 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 769 as a first name in 2020; 533 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.
Juda’s family of names
In Polish usage, Juda has a diminutive in JUDEK. In Polish usage, Juda has a conventional equivalent in the French form Jude. Juda has a related form in Judah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Juda has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
11 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Juda
- Judah HaleviSpanish-Jewish philosopher, poet and physician (c.1075–1141)
- Yehuda AlhariziRabbi, translator, and poet1165–1225
- Yehuda Meshi ZahavIsraeli activist1959–2022
- Judah IIRabbi and Prince of the Sanhedrin.300–270
- Yehudah Aryeh Leib AlterRebbi of Ger Hasidim (1847–1905)
- Judah IIIJewish sage (3rd-4th century CE)265–330
- Juda Lion PalacheDutch university teacher1886–1944
- Judah JeittelesViennese orientalist, writer1773–1838
- Judah Leon ben Moses MosconiBulgarian rabbi1327–1375
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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