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Judith

Girl name · 809 babies recorded · 1974–2025

Judith: 809 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 82 births in 1974.

Tracing back to the Hebrew Yehudit, Judith means “woman from Judea,” originally a feminine form of Judah. The name carries biblical weight through the apocryphal Book of Judith, where the heroine decapitates the Assyrian general Holofernes to save her people—a story that inspired countless artworks. More recently, Dame Judith Dench has brought the name quiet gravitas on stage and screen, while the Dutch Golden Age painter Judith Leyster broke barriers in a male-dominated field. Judith gained widespread popularity in English-speaking countries after the Protestant Reformation, and it endured into the 20th century as a classic choice. A notable variant is Judy, which became a standalone name thanks to Judy Garland. Though no major places share the name’s root, the connection to Judea gives it a strong biblical and geographical undertone.