Given name
Yehudah
“jew”
Yehudah is a variant of Yehudi. One interpretation is “jew.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yehudah is a variant of Yehudi. One interpretation is “jew.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yehudah connects to the Judah name family through Yehudi. 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 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yehudah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 779
- 779 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #4,387 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +10%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,387 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 28 in 2009. In 2025, New Jersey had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 526 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.
Yehudah’s family of names
Yehudah has a related form in Yehudi.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yehudah
- Judas Maccabeus2nd century BCE Jewish priest and leader of Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucids500 BC–159 BC
- Aryeh Leib of ShpolaHasidic leader, known as Shpoler Zeide (Grandfather of Shpola)1725–1811
Characters named Yehudah: Phantom Stranger (DC Comics character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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