Happy Birthday Judith Personalized Card
– Happy birthday to you Judith! I wish you a very special day, sending this Happy Birthday Judith personalized card to you. Dear Judith, I wish a bright and beautiful day to you on your special day. This named card was specially designed for Judith’s birthday.
Judith Given Name Meaning & History
GENDER: Feminine; USAGE: English, Jewish, French, German, Spanish, Biblical. PRONOUNCED: JOO-dath (English), ZHUY-DEET (French), YOO-dit (German). Origin Hebrew: Woman of Judea, praised one; Judith is a feminine form of Judah. Judea was the name of an ancient country in southern Palestine. Judith originates in Hebrew language and means “Judea woman”. It is a feminine form of Judah. Judith was a character in the Book of Genesis. She is also the heroine of the Book of Judith, a part of the Old Testament. As a feminine given name, it was most popular in the middle of the 20th century. Since then its usage has declined. This is a feminine given name derived from the Hebrew name “yehudiyth”, meaning “he will be praised” or “woman of Judea”. Judith appeared in the Old Testament as the wife of Esau, and in the Apocryphal Book of Judith. The name did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation.
The name in the English language was among the top 50 most popular given names for girls born in the United States between 1936 and 1956. Its popularity has since declined. It was the 893rd most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2012, down from 74th place in 1960. Saint Judith of Prussia (Jutta) was born ca. 1200 at Sangerhausen in Thuringia (now Sachsen-Anhalt) and died in 1260 at Kulmsee in the Monastic State of the Teutonic Order. She was a German aristocrat, who became a hermit on the frontier of Prussia and is honored as the patron saint of that region. Famous Judiths: Judith Light – actress, Judith Resnik – astronaut, Judith Adams – writer, Judith Baca – artist. From the Hebrew name Yehudit meaning “woman from Judea”, Judea being an ancient region in Israel. In the Old Testament Judith is one of the Hittite wives of Esau. This is also the name of the main character of the apocryphal Book of Judith. She killed Holofernes, an invading Assyrian commander, by beheading him in his sleep.
