Jude
Meaning
form of Judah, "praised"
The story
Jude spent centuries beside the name of a betrayer. Then a Beatles song written to comfort a child reopened the door, the American birth curve moved, and England midfielder Jude Bellingham gave the name a stadium chorus. The timing is real, but the simple version of the story is not.
Read how Jude went from lost cause to stadium song →
The formal names behind Jude
Jude is an established short form of this name.
Judith · Hebrew origin · woman of Judea
Jude in song
Hey Jude
The Beatles (1968)
McCartney wrote it to comfort Julian Lennon during his parents' divorce, started out singing Hey Jules, and turned it into seven minutes the whole world can sing.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jude peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
209 people · the #24,619 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 31
Among people named Jude living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Jude
Most people given the name Jude in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Jude deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Jude truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Jude fits with your family’s names and surname.
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