Judas
loc · Latin script
Meaning: The name Judas is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah (Yehudah), which means "praised" or "thanksgiving"
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Judas is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Brazil.
- Brazil (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 103 (measured from records)
no count published
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
The name Judas is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah (Yehudah), which means "praised" or "thanksgiving". It derives from the Hebrew root Y-D-H (ידה), meaning "to thank" or "to praise". In the book of Genesis, Leah gives this name to her fourth son, stating, "This time I will praise the LORD" (Genesis 29:35).
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Judas counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 892 | — | 1 |
| US United States | — | 462 | — | 103 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 131 | — | — |
| ES Spain | — | 119 | — | 7 |
| FR France | — | 116 | — | 2 |
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: Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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)
Judas 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.
While the name Judas is strongly associated with Judas Iscariot, the biblical figure Judas of Damascus gives the name a more positive connotation of hospitality, faith, and being instrumental in a moment of significant positive change.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In German, from Hebrew Yehudah; used as a name for a traitor
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Portuguese, Judas (traitor)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Au sens de traître, le mot vient, bien entendu, du nom du disciple de Jésus. Ce qui est moins évident, c’est le passage du sens de traître à celui de petite ouverture pratiquée dans une porte et qui permet de voir qui a frappé sans devoir ouvrir ; sauf si l’on admet qu’elle sert à examiner, « en traître », un détenu par exemple. Voir Iscariotiste .
as a name2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)
In German, from Hebrew Jehuda 'the praised one'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
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)
- Johann Baptist von Kellerb. 1774DEnot in their usual nameRoman Catholic bishop
- Judas José Romo y Gamboab. 1779ESSpanish cardinal
- Charles du Souichb. 1890FRnot in their usual namerugby union player (1890-1970)
- Lee J. Amesb. 1921USnot in their usual nameAmerican illustrator (1921-2011)
- Thaddäus Podgorskib. 1935ATnot in their usual nameAustrian actor and television presenter (1935–2024)
- Guillaume Judasb. 1970FRFrench bicycle racer
- Judas Lawb. 1994HKHong Kong busker
- Judas Azuelosfather of Lisa Azuelos
- Judah Kyriakosnot in their usual nameJewish bishop of Jerusalem
- Judas the ZealotApostle
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 46 sources across 27 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 196 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 195 | #37,537 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 170 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 166 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 156 | #105,905 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 155 | #113,155 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 148 | #122,574 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 131 | #6,837 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 130 | #13,100 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 119 | #24,327 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 119 | #24,252 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 116 | — |
Reference works 5
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- Where does the name Judas come from?
- The name Judas is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah (Yehudah), which means "praised" or "thanksgiving". It derives from the Hebrew root Y-D-H (ידה), meaning "to thank" or "to praise". Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- What does the name Judas mean?
- Recorded meaning: The name Judas is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Judah (Yehudah), which means "praised" or "thanksgiving".
- In which country does Judas have the most bearers?
- Judas is most frequently recorded in Brazil.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/judasThe 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, “Judas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.