Jude (given name)

For other uses, see Jude.
Jude
St. Jude Thaddeus by El Greco
GenderUnisex, primarily masculine
LanguageHebrew
Origin
Meaning"Praise"
Other names
Related namesJudah, Judas, Judith, Judy, Yehuda

Jude is an English unisex, primarily masculine given name. It is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה, which can be transliterated as Yehuḏa, means "praise", and whose short form was more directly adopted into English as Judah. Jude is an English variant of Judas, a name derived from Ἰούδας (Ioudas), the Ancient Greek form of יְהוּדָה.

Variants of the name Jude are used for several Biblical figures. Jude the Apostle is a Roman Catholic patron saint of hopeless cases.[1] It is also occasionally used as a feminine short form of the names Judith or Judy or as an independent feminine given name.[2]

Biblical

  • Jude, brother of Jesus, who is sometimes identified as being the same person as Jude the Apostle
  • Jude the Apostle, an apostle also called Judas Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus, the patron saint of lost causes in the Catholic Church

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References

  1. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jude (1)".
  2. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Jude (2)".
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