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Worldwide, Jude (Jude , 裘德 , ג'וד , among others...) is a widespread predominantly masculine, but scarcely female first name. The first name Jude is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common principally masculine, but very infrequently female name, Nigeria, and Seychelles, where it is quite a common boy's name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States. Also, Jude is the last name as well as the forename.
Jude is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Jude | Nigeria, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, United States, Sri Lanka |
裘德 | China |
ג'וד | Israel |
Джуд, Жуде | Ukraine, Russia |
Jude is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Jude the Apostle , the one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus; traditionally identified with Jude the brother of Jesus; Jude , the one of the brothers/cousins of Jesus according to the New Testament, Gospel of Mark; Judah Ben-Hur , the fictional character from Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ; Jude Lawson , the soap opera character, Home and Away and Jude Lisowski .