Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “jew.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Yehudi is used as a form of Judah.
Yehudi’s family of names
In English usage, Yehudi shares an earlier linguistic root with JEW. Yehudi is a form of Judah. Yehudi has a related form in Yehuda.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Yehudavariant
- Yehudahvariant
- Yehuditvariant
- Yechuditvariant
- Yechudivariant
- Yehudeevariant
- Yehudeyvariant
- Yehudyvariant
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yehudi
- Yehudi MenuhinAmerican violinist and conductor (1916–1999)
- Yehudi WynerAmerican composer, pianist, conductor, and music educatorborn 1929
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