Jehudi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jehudi

What is the meaning of the name Jehudi ?

The baby name Jehudi is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced yeh-HOO-dee (Hebrew: /jehuˈdi/; Anglicized: /dʒəˈhuːdi/).

Jehudi is Hebrew in Origin.

Jehudi is a masculine name of Hebrew origin, taken from the Biblical Hebrew yehudi (יהודי), a term meaning “Jew” or “Judahite,” literally “one belonging to Judah.” It is etymologically connected to Yehudah (Judah), whose name derives from the Hebrew root y-d-h “to praise/thank,” giving the extended sense of “praised/thankful one.”

The name appears in Jeremiah 36, where Jehudi son of Nethaniah reads the prophetic scroll before King Jehoiakim. As a given name it remained uncommon, but it persisted in Jewish communities and is best known in modern times through the violinist Yehudi Menuhin. Spellings vary by transliteration: Jehudi (traditional English Bible), Yehudi (modern Hebrew/Israeli usage), and less commonly Iehudi. Related or cognate names include Yehuda/Judah (male) and Yehudit/Judith (female), all linked through the tribe of Judah. Today, Jehudi/Yehudi carries a strong cultural and historical resonance and is used sparingly, often chosen to signal Jewish identity or heritage.

⚙ Jehudi is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Jehudi appears only 14 times in total — found in 4 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.