Forename Judas

In all the world, Judas (יהודה , Judas , Hudas ) is quite a common boy's forename. The first name Judas is habitual in South Africa, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Israel, where it is quite a rare primarily boy's, but very infrequently girly name, and Mexico, where it is a rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in South Africa, Brazil, and Mexico. Very seldom, Judas is the last name as well as the forename.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Judas

VARIANT	COUNTRY
יהודה	Israel
Judas	Israel, France, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa
Hudas	Malaysia, India, Philippines, United States, Poland
Иуда	Ukraine, Russia

First names said to be same

Iudas, Jehuda, Judah, Judaš, Jude, Judás, Yehuda, Yehudah, Yuda, Yudas, Джуда, Юда, Юдас, יהודא, جودا, يهودا, يهوذا, ジュダ, 朱达, 犹大, and 裘德

First name Judas in the context

Judas 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; Judas Barsabbas , the Early Christian prophet and leader based in Jerusalem; Judas , the operatic character in the opera Brockes-Passion (Händel), Brockes Passion and Judas Traveller , among other works.