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Jude - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Jude

[ 1 syll. ju-de, jud-e ] The boy name Jude is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is JHUWD KEY. Jude is largely used in the English language and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Jude is a pet form of the name Judah (English).

Jude is popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1990s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.077% of baby boys being given the name Jude. It ranked at #224 then. Among all boy names in its group, Jude was the most popular in 2008. Jude was twice as popular as the subsequent ranked name, Judah (English), in that year. Jude has mostly been a boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Jude include Jade (English), Jed (English), Jedd (English), Jet (English), Jett (English), Joost (Dutch and German), Jost (German), Judd (English), Just (German), Juste (French), Jada (Bari), Jadee (English), Jady (English), Jawdat (Arabic), Jawwad (Arabic), Jaydie (English), Jaydy (English), Jedrzej (Polish), Jodey (English), and Jodi (English).

A famous person named Jude is Actor, Jude Law, born 29 December 1972, London, England.

KEY: Pronunciation for Jude: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"


 
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