Judah is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is the English form of Yehudah (יְהוּדָה‎), the Hebrew name of the biblical figure Judah, founder of the Tribe of Judah and thus, the eponym of the Kingdom of Judah and the Jews.

Notable people with one or the other variant of the name include:

Biblical and ancient historical figures

In chronological order:

• Judah (son of Jacob), fourth son of the Biblical patriarch Jacob
• Judah Maccabee or Judas 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?)

Saints

• Saint Jude (Thaddeus) the Apostle, one of Twelve,^[1]
• Saint Jude, brother of Jesus, one of Seventy-two,^[2]
• Saint Justus (Jude) of Jerusalem, third Bishop of Jerusalem,^[3]
• Saint Jude Barsabbas, prophet, Church leader,^[4]
• Saint Jude, one of Holy Maccabean Martyrs,^[5]
• Saint Jude Cyriacus, bishop of Ancona,^[6]
• Saint Jude Machabeus, priest and leader,^[7]
• Saint Jude, son of Jacob, Old Testmanet patriarch,^[8]
• Saint Jude, host of Saint Paul in Damascus,^[9]

People with the given name

Fictional characters

• Judah Ben-Hur, main character of the 1880 Lew Wallace novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and film adaptations

• Judah Mannowdog, character in the TV show Bojack Horseman

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Judah
• All pages with titles beginning with Yehuda
• Judah (disambiguation)
• Judas (disambiguation)

References