Judith
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Hebrew ‘Jewess’; used to anglicise Sile (Sheila) and Siobhan
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈdʒudəθ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Judith is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Israel it is the 44th most common given name.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 545(inferred from the name graph)
- CNChina≈1 in 594
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 616
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Judith itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #287 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 564 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 545 (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,300,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled יהודית in IL Israel, HU Hungary.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Hebrew ‘Jewess’; used to anglicise Sile (Sheila) and Siobhan.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Judith counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈2,300,000 est. | ≈1 in 594 | — | Judith | 30 |
| US United States | #137 | 376,697 | 1 in 883 | 376K | Judith | 564 |
| PH Philippines | #254 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Judith | 124 |
| GB United Kingdom | #122 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 616 | — | Judith | 284 |
| NG Nigeria | #569 | ≈94,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.3K | — | Judith | 99 |
| HU Hungary | #437 | 85,436as Judit | 1 in 114 | 85K | יהודית | 3 |
| IL Israel | #44 | ≈17,000 est. | ≈1 in 513 | 198 | יהודית | 86 |
| NZ New Zealand | #95 | ≈9,000 est. | ≈1 in 545 | 13 | Judith | 135 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; CBS Israel — Names given to babies (1949–present); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Judith is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from Hebrew 'Judean woman'; early German association with JUT
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Hebrew, from Hebrew yəhūdīt, 'Jewess'; later linked to Germanic forms
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In French, From Hebrew Yehudit, 'woman from Judea' or 'Jewess'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In English, Hebrew name meaning "woman of Judea" or "praised"
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
Biblical: Hebrew, ‘Jewish woman’. See main dictionary.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Judith Leysterb. 1609NLDutch Golden Age painter (1609-1660)
- Judith Andersonb. 1897AUAustralian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)
- Judi Denchb. 1934GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress (born 1934)
- Judith Robertsb. 1935USAmerican actress
- Judy Collinsb. 1939USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer (born 1939)
- Judith Resnikb. 1949USAmerican engineer and astronaut (1949–1986)
- Judith Butlerb. 1956USAmerican feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956)
- Cassandra Clareb. 1973IRnot in their usual nameAmerican author
- Judy Greerb. 1975USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Judith Barsib. 1978USAmerican child actress (1978-1988)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 115 sources across 66 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 376K | #126 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 344 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 275 | #126 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1989 | 13 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Judith mean, and where does it come from?
- Hebrew ‘Jewess’; used to anglicise Sile (Sheila) and Siobhan. Recorded by Irish first names.
- Is Judith a male or female name?
- Judith is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Judith?
- In the etymology graph, Jutta, Judit and Judite are forms of the same name in other languages; Judy, Jody and Jodi are recorded short or pet forms.
- In which country does Judith have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.3 million people named Judith in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled judith.
- How common is the name Judith?
- In the United States, the national register counted 376,697 people named Judith in 2020, about 1 in 883 residents.
- How common is Judith compared with other names?
- In Israel, Judith is the 44th most common given name of 107,303 given names recorded there.
- How do you pronounce Judith?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒudəθ/ (IPA) for English.
What do you want to know about Judith?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/judithThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Judith” — the 44th most common given name in Israel. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.