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Across the world, Judge (Jaji
, Juge
, Judge
) is a common unisex first name. The first name Judge is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare epicene name, Nigeria, and Togo, where it is quite a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Nigeria, India, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Likewise, Judge is the last name as well as the forename.
Judge is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Judge Dee , the fictional character based on Di Renjie, Van Gulik's Judge Dee series; Judge Dredd , the fictional character, Judge Dredd; Judge Lawton , the fictional character from the 2013 video game State of Decay; Judge Doom , the Fictional character in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Judge Marton , the character in the TV series Law & Order, and in many other works.