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Yehudis

Yehudis: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“Jewish woman; woman from Judea”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
yeh-HOO-dis · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Yiddish-influenced or Ashkenazi Hebrew form related to Yehudit, the Hebrew Judith. The underlying Hebrew sense is 'woman of Judea' or 'Jewish woman'.

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How popular is Yehudis?

202436.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Yehudis in 2024121

2024 rank#1,682 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,273

Yehudis is rising: use over the last five years is 1.8× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Yehudis

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
  • Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew
  • Naomipleasantness · Hebrew
  • Hannahgrace; favor · Hebrew
  • Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew
  • Delilahdelicate · Hebrew
  • Leahweary; uncertain · Hebrew

Yehudis questions

What does the name Yehudis mean?

Yehudis means "Jewish woman; woman from Judea". It comes from Hebrew. Yiddish-influenced or Ashkenazi Hebrew form related to Yehudit, the Hebrew Judith. The underlying Hebrew sense is 'woman of Judea' or 'Jewish woman'.

Is Yehudis a boy or girl name?

Yehudis is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Yehudis?

121 US babies were named Yehudis in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Yehudis?

Yehudis is usually pronounced yeh-HOO-dis.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.