Given name
Judit
“jewess”·“woman from Judea”
In Swedish use, Judit has a related form in Judith. Interpretations include “jewess” and “woman from Judea” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Swedish use, Judit has a related form in Judith. Interpretations include “jewess” and “woman from Judea” (Hebrew). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Judit has a related form in Judith. An origin associated with Judith is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Hebrew יְהוּדִית (Y'hudít, “woman from Judea, Jewess”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Judit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 532
- 0 boys · 532 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 23 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,671 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Judit’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Judit has a diminutive in Juci. In Swedish usage, Judit has a related form in Judith. In Spanish usage, Judit has a conventional equivalent in the English form Judith.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Judit has relatives in 9 languages.
7 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Judit
- Judit PolgárHungarian chess playerborn 1976
- ZewdituEmpress of Ethiopia (1876-1930)
- Judit VargaHungarian politician (1980–)
- Judit Temesswimmer (1930–2013)
- Judit Ágoston-MendelényiHungarian Olympic champion fencer, coach1937–2013
- Judit HidasiHungarian linguist, Japanogist, professor of communication (1948–)
- Judit MascóSpanish modelborn 1969
- Judit PecháčekSlovak actressborn 1988
- Judit ElekHungarian film director1937–2025
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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