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Judge - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Judge

[ 1 syll. ju-(d)ge, jud-ge ] The boy name Judge is pronounced JHAHJH KEY. Judge is of English origin and it is also predominantly used in the English language. Derived literally from the ordinary word judge. This has been used by Stephen King for a character named Judge Farris in his horror novel The Stand (1990). In the case of the American actor Judge Reinhold (Edward Ernest Reinhold, 1957-), this was a nickname given by his father, who was a trial lawyer.

Judge is an uncommon baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1910, 0.018% of baby boys were given the name Judge. Its ranking then was #455. The baby name has since steeply declined in popularity, and is used only on a very light scale now. Within all boy names in its group, Judge was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Judge include the English Jace, the English and Dutch Jack, the English and Indian Jae, the Indian Jai, the English Jake, the English Jay, the English and Indian Jaye, the Latvian Jeks, the Dutch Jelle, the English Jess, the English Jey, the English Jeye, the Chinese Ji, the Chinese Jie, the English, Dutch, German, and Japanese Jo, the English Joash, the Scottish and English Jock, the English and French Joe, the Dutch Joos, and the English Josh.

A famous person named Judge is Actor, Judge Reinhold, born Edward Ernest Reinhold, May 21, 1957, Wilmington, Delaware.

KEY: Pronunciation for Judge: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)"


 
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