Jude (given name)

GenderUnisex, primarily masculine

LanguageHebrew

Meaning"Praise"

Related namesJudah, Judas, Judith, Judy, Yehuda

Jude

St. Jude Thaddeus by El Greco
Gender	Unisex, primarily masculine
Language	Hebrew
Origin
Meaning	"Praise"
Other names
Related names	Judah, Judas, Judith, Judy, Yehuda

Jude is an English unisex, primarily masculine given name. It is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה, which can be transliterated as Yehuḏa, means "praise", and whose short form was more directly adopted into English as Judah. Jude is an English variant of Judas, a name derived from Ἰούδας (Ioudas), the Ancient Greek form of יְהוּדָה.

Variants of the name Jude are used for several Biblical figures. Jude the Apostle is a Roman Catholic patron saint of hopeless cases.^{[1][better source needed]} It is also occasionally used as a feminine short form of the names Judith or Judy or as an independent feminine given name.^{[2][better source needed]}