The baby name Jehudah is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced yeh-HOO-dah (IPA: /jɛˈhuːdə/); also commonly juh-HOO-dah (IPA: /dʒəˈhuːdə/).
Jehudah is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Jehudah is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced yeh-HOO-dah (IPA: /jɛˈhuːdə/); also commonly juh-HOO-dah (IPA: /dʒəˈhuːdə/).
Jehudah is Hebrew in Origin.
Jehudah is an archaic English transliteration of Hebrew Yehudah (יהודה), from the root y-d-h meaning “to praise/thank.” In Genesis 29:35, Leah names her fourth son Yehudah, saying “this time I will praise the Lord”; from him came the Tribe and Kingdom of Judah, and ultimately the ethnonym “Jew” (Yehudi). Via the Bible, the name spread into Christian Europe, seeing renewed English use after the Reformation.
Variants include Judah (standard English), Yehudah/Yehuda (modern Hebrew), Juda (German/Scandinavian/Slavic), Yehouda (French), Giuda (Italian), Jude (short form), and the Greek/Latin Judas (Ioudas), often avoided in English for its New Testament associations. Historical bearers include Judah Maccabee and Judah ha-Nasi. Today, Jehudah feels scholarly or liturgical, while cognates like Judah and Yehuda are more common; the core meaning remains “praise,” “thanksgiving,” and “acknowledgment.”
Jehudah is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Jehudah appears only 1 time in total — found in 1 country. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 |
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