Judith
From the Hebrew Yehudit, a woman of Judea, with a second sense of "praised". In Poland the name lands far more often as Judyta, so this English spelling stays rare: barely 200 women carry it, and most Poles have never met one.
Judith Pronunciation
What Judith means
Where Judith comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Judith comes from the Hebrew Yehudit, a name for a woman of Judea, a Jewish woman. The men of that land were called Judah, and the feminine form marked a daughter of the same people. The added sense of "praised" grew from Judah itself, which Hebrew tied to a root for giving thanks.
The most famous Judith fills a book that carries her name. In the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, a young widow walks into the enemy camp and beheads the general Holofernes to save her city. Her story drew painters for centuries. Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi both put the scene on canvas.
In Poland the name settles most often as Judyta, its home-grown variant. A child reading the class register finds it there, just before the surname. Underneath sits the Hebrew still: a woman of Judea, praised.
How many people are named Judith
1 in 101093 women in Poland is named Judith. 225 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2076 among female names.
Judith's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Judith as a middle name
Judith is a first name for 225 women in Poland and a middle name for another 202, a 53/47 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 474th, between Elzbieta (202) and Rut (202).
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