Given name
Judye
“woman from Judea”
Judye is a variant of Judy. In Hebrew use, Judy carries the interpretation “woman from Judea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Judye is a variant of Judy. In Hebrew use, Judy carries the interpretation “woman from Judea.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1938. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Judye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 169
- 0 boys · 169 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 21 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 1956. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 21 in 1946. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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