Judah is a masculine given name ofHebrew origin. It is the English form ofYehudah (Hebrew:יְהוּדָה‎), the Hebrew name of the biblical figureJudah, founder of theTribe of Judah and thus, theeponym of theKingdom of Judah and theJews.

The Hebrew name for Judah,Yehuda (יהודה), literally "thanksgiving" or "praise," is a variant form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), "to thank" or "to praise."^[1] His birth is recorded atGen. 29:35; upon his birth, Leah exclaims, "This time I will praise theLORD/YHWH," with the Hebrew word for "I will praise,"odeh (אודה) sharing the same root asYehuda. Alternatively,Edward Lipiński connectedHebrewyĕhūdā withArabicwhd /wahda "cleft, ravine".^[2]Jude is an English form of the name.

In chronological order:

• Judah (son of Jacob), fourth son of the Biblical patriarch Jacob
• Judah Maccabee orJudas Maccabeus, Jewish priest who led the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire (167–160 BCE)
• Judas Iscariot, Hebrew Yehūḏā ʾĪš-Qǝrīyyōṯ, 'Judah, man of Kerioth' (died c. AD 30), one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus
• Judah ha-Nasi, also Judah the Prince or Judah I, Jewish sage and leader (2nd century)
• Judah II, Jewish sage (3rd century)
• Judah III, Jewish sage (3rd and 4th century)
• Judah IV, Talmudic sage (4th century)
• Judah b. Meremar, Babylonian sage (5th century?)

• SaintJude (Thaddeus) the Apostle, one ofTwelve,^[3]
• SaintJude, brother of Jesus, one ofSeventy-two,^[4]
• SaintJustus (Jude) of Jerusalem, thirdBishop of Jerusalem,^[5]
• SaintJude Barsabbas, prophet, Church leader,^[6]
• SaintJude, one ofHoly Maccabean Martyrs,^[7]
• SaintJude Cyriacus,bishop of Ancona,^[8]
• SaintJude Machabeus, priest and leader,^[9]
• SaintJude, son of Jacob, Old Testament patriarch,^[10]
• Saint Jude, host ofSaint Paul inDamascus,^[11]

In alphabetical order:

• Judah P. Benjamin (1811–1884), politician and lawyer in the United States and Confederate States of America
• Judah Bergman aka "Jack Kid Berg" (1909–1991), English world champion Hall of Fame junior welterweight boxer
• Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512-1526 – 1609) or Rabbi Loew of Prague, the Maharal, Talmudic scholar, Jewish mystic and philosopher
• Judah David Bleich (born 1936), American rabbi and authority on Jewish law and ethics
• Judah Folkman (1933–2008), American cellular biologist, founder of the field of antiangiogenesis
• Judah Friedlander (born 1969), American actor best known from30 Rock
• Judah Grace (born 2022), American person known for being born on twosday at 2:22 AM.
• Judah Halevi (1075–1141), medieval Spanish Jewish philosopher and poet
• Judah Hertz (born 1948/49), American real estate investor
• Judah Lewis (born 2000 or 2001), American actor
• Judah Leon Magnes (1877–1948), rabbi, first President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Judah Nagler (born 1980), singer, guitarist, and songwriter for indie-pop band The Velvet Teen
• "Judah son of Jesus", name on one of the ossuaries in the 1st-centuryTalpiot Tomb

In alphabetical order of their surname:

• Yehuda Alharizi (mid-12th century – 1225), medieval Spanish rabbi, translator, poet and traveller
• Yehuda Amichai (1924–2000), Israeli poet
• Yehuda Amital (1924–2010), dean of Yeshivat Har Etzion, former Israeli cabinet member
• Yehuda Atedji (born 1961), Israeli Olympic windsurfer
• Yehuda Bauer (1926–2024), Czech-Israeli historian of the Holocaust
• Yehuda Zvi Blum (1931–2025), Slovak-born Israeli legal scholar and diplomat
• Yehuda Danon (born 1940), Israeli doctor
• Yehuda Gilad (musician), contemporary clarinetist and conductor
• Yehuda Gilad (politician) (born 1955), Israeli rabbi and politician
• Yehudah Glick (born 1965), American-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi, activist, and politician
• Yehuda Green (born 1959), Shlomo Carlebach-inspired Hasidic singer, composer, and hazzan
• Yehuda Hayuth (1946–2022), Israeli professor of geography
• Yehudah Jacobs (c. 1940–2020), American rabbi
• Yehuda Krinsky (born 1933), Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi
• Yehuda Kurtzer (born 1977), President of The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
• Yehuda Edwin "Honest Ed" Mirvish (1914-2007), Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and impresario
• Yehuda Moraly (born 1948), Israeli theater researcher, playwright, director, actor, and professor
• Yehuda Poliker (born 1950), Israeli singer-songwriter
• Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999), world-famous violinist
• Yehuda Tzadka (1910–1991), dean of Porat Yosef Yeshiva, Jerusalem
• Yehuda Wiener-Gafni (born 1930), Israeli Olympic basketball player
• Yehuda Weisenstein (born 1955), Israeli Olympic fencer
• Yehuda Zadok (born 1958), Israeli Olympic runner

• Judah Ben-Hur, main character of the 1880 Lew Wallace novelBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and film adaptations
• Judah Mannowdog, character in the TV showBojack Horseman
• Judah Rosenthal, character in the filmCrimes and Misdemeanors played byMartin Landau
• Judah, character inWeeds (TV series) played byJeffrey Dean Morgan

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• Judah (disambiguation)
• Judas (disambiguation)

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