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Forename יהודה

Throughout the world, יהודה (יהודה Israel, Judah United States Israel South Africa Indonesia Kenya, Judas United States Israel South Africa Indonesia Brazil, along with others...) is a common primarily boy's, but scarcely feminine first name. The first name יהודה is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a common unisex name, Barbados, where it is quite a rare male name, and South Africa. In absolute terms, the name is most common in the United States, South Africa, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, יהודה is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fishיהודה is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name יהודה

name Yehudah, name Judasz, name Judah, name Juda, name יהודה, name 朱达, name Дзуда, name Giuda, name Юда, name Ioudas, name Judas, name Yehuda, name Yehude, name يهودا, name Yehouda, name Jehuda, name Иехуда, name Джуда, name جودا, name Yevda, name ジュダ, name يهوذا, name 裘德, name Yuda, name Иуда, name Leon, name Jud, name Иегуда, name יהודא, name Judea
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יהודה Israel
Judah South Africa, Kenya, United States, Israel, Indonesia
Judas South Africa, Brazil, United States, Israel, Indonesia
Yehuda South Africa, France, United States, Israel, Indonesia
Jehuda South Africa, United States, Israel, Mexico, Indonesia
Yehudah South Africa, United States, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria
Yehouda South Africa, France, United States, Israel, United Kingdom

First name יהודה in the context

יהודה is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Judas Iscariot , the notable as betrayer of Jesus, one of Jesus's original twelve disciples, The Last Temptation of Christ; Judah , the biblical figure and son of Jacob and Leah, Genesis 37; Judah Ben-Hur , the fictional character from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ; Arnold Rimmer , the fictional character in Red Dwarf and Judas Barsabbas , the Early Christian prophet and leader based in Jerusalem, among other works.

Notable namesakes

יהודה בן חזקיה 1st-century Jewish revolutionary, IL (b. 50) link
יהודה בר־אלעאי rabbi, IL (b. 101) link
picture of יהודה הלוי יהודה הלוי יהודה הלוי Spanish-Jewish philosopher, poet and physician (c.1075–1141), ES (b. 1075) link
יהודה בן יחיאל Italian philosopher, rabbi and physician, IT (b. 1422) link
picture of יהודה עייאש יהודה עייאש יהודה עייאש IL (b. 1688) link
picture of יהודה לייב לעף יהודה לייב לעף יהודה לייב לעף Hungarian rabbi, HU (b. 1810) link
picture of יהודה יהודה יהודה Russian physician and writer, RU (b. 1846) link
picture of יהודה גור יהודה גור יהודה גור IL (b. 1862) link
picture of יהודה לייב פישמן מימון יהודה לייב פישמן מימון יהודה לייב פישמן מימון Israeli politician (1875-1962), IL (b. 1875) link
picture of יהודה לייב מטמון-כהן יהודה לייב מטמון-כהן יהודה לייב מטמון-כהן IL (b. 1869) link
picture of יהודה מגידוביץ' יהודה מגידוביץ' יהודה מגידוביץ' Israeli architect (1886–1961), IL (b. 1886) link
picture of יהודה בורלא יהודה בורלא יהודה בורלא Israeli writer, IL (b. 1886) link
picture of יהודה ענתבי יהודה ענתבי יהודה ענתבי IL (b. 1877) link
picture of יהודה אבן שמואל יהודה אבן שמואל יהודה אבן שמואל lexicographer, IL (b. 1887) link
יהודה בן יצחק סאווסקאן UA (b. 1832) link