The name of eponymous character in one of the books of the Apocrypha, a 9th C empress of the Franks, a 9th C queen consort of Wessex, a 10th C duchess of Normandy, an 11th C duchess consort of Poland, an 11th C queen consort of Hungary and Poland, a 12th C queen consort of Bohemia, and a 13th C queen consort of Bohemia and Poland. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Judith.
The name was used but never common in England before the 16th C. In Germany and Eastern Europe, the name was rare outside of royalty and nobility, while in Iberia it is almost unheard of outside Jewish populations.
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ◑ 1349 Jutka (nom) chlumecky 101;
1350 Jutca (nom) ibid. 206,
Jutka (nom) ibid. 173,
Jutta (nom) ibid. 178;
1353 Jutca (nom) ibid. 22, p. 22;
1354 Jutka (nom) ibid. 55;
1356 Jutce (dat) ibid. 156,
Juthce (dat) ibid. 124,
Jutta (abl) ibid. 152;
1358 Juta (nom) ibid. 342, p. 35,
Jutcze (dat) ibid. 199, p. 30
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1593 Judith (nom) RegSoAMar p. 16
- Dutch
- ● 1571 Judith AuFr Francksz;
1573 Judith ibid. Boijs;
1576 Judith ibid. Assendelft;
1578 Judith ibid. Bruijne;
1580 Judith ibid. Eeckoutz;
1582 Judith ibid. Eduwaerts;
1584 Judith ibid. Bedalls;
1585 Judith ibid. Braemaker;
1586 Judith ibid. Crombrugge;
1587 Judith ibid. Boels;
1590 Judith ibid. Dorpere;
1591 Judith ibid. Adriaensz;
1592 Judith ibid. Collijns;
1595 Judith ibid. Driessche;
1596 Judith ibid. Bonninck;
1598 Judith ibid. Crombrugghe
- Early Modern English
- ● 1551 Judeth StAnthonlin p. 8;
1563 Judithe HAmar-vol9 p. 68;
1566 Judeth StAnthonlin p. 18;
1575 Judith bruton1 p. 42;
1580 Judyth WAmar-1 p. 131;
1585 Judeth CAmar-vol1 p. 4,
Judith BUmar-vol9 p. 7,
DEmar-vol2 p. 11,
Judythe WAmar-1 p. 132;
1586 Judith DEmar-vol2 p. 12;
1587 Judith ibid. p. 14;
1589 Judith ibid. p. 18,
HAmar-vol9 p. 50,
bruton1 p. 49;
1590 Judith DEmar-vol2 p. 20;
1591 Judithe RegFord p. 1;
1592 Judith DEmar-vol2 p. 24;
1593 Judith BEmar-vol2 p. 96,
BUmar-vol9 p. 8,
DEmar-vol2 p. 26;
1594 Judith BUmar-vol9 p. 8,
DEmar-vol2 p. 29;
1597 Judith BUmar-vol2 p. 66,
StAnthonlin p. 38;
1598 Judith BEmar-vol1 p. 17;
1599 Judith DEmar-vol2 p. 40
- ◑ 1577 Juda StAnthonlin p. 26
- Walloon
- ● 1581 Judith RWC p. 3;
1581/2 Judith ibid. p. 4;
1582/3 Judith ibid. p. 5;
1582 Judith ibid. p. 563;
1583 Judith ibid. p. 6;
1583/4 Judith ibid. p. 7;
1584 Judith ibid. p. 8;
1590 Judith ibid. p. 13;
1590/1 Judith ibid. p. 15;
1591 Judith ibid. p. 17;
1592 Judith ibid. p. 20;
1592/3 Judith ibid. p. 25;
1593/4 Judith ibid. p. 31;
1593 Judith ibid. p. 564;
1594 Judith ibid. p. 31
- France
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- Latin
- ● 1015 Judith (gen) NTDip-vol4 p. 225;
1173 Judith (nom) clairvaux-12thc 151
- Middle French
- ● 1561 Judith RegPCC-1 p. 2;
1562 Judith ibid. p. 7;
1563 Judic ibid. p. 43,
Judich ibid. p. 33,
Judith ibid. p. 17;
1564 Judic ibid. p. 47,
Judich ibid. p. 99,
Judith ibid. p. 98;
1565 Judic ibid. p. 110,
Judich ibid. p. 119,
Judith ibid. p. 161;
1566 Judic ibid. p. 198,
Judich ibid. p. 223;
1567 Judic ibid. p. 295,
Judich ibid. p. 334;
1568 Judic ibid. p. 364;
1570 Judic ibid. p. 435,
Judich ibid. p. 432;
1571 Judic ibid. p. 441,
Judich ibid. p. 439,
Judith ibid. p. 457;
1572 Judich ibid. p. 489
- ◑ 1563 Judie RegPCC-1 p. 34
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 961 Iuditę (gen) UrkStyria 24;
1151 Juditin (abl) mairhofer XLI;
1280 Iudith (nom) hennes-vol1 268
- ◑ 1237 Iuthe (dat) hennes-vol1 95;
1257 Iutta (nom) ibid. 171,
Iutte (gen) ibid. 171;
1258 Iutta (nom) ibid. 174,
Iutte (dat) ibid. 174
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ◑ 1287 Yutte (dat) RigSB 469;
1297 Jutta (nom) ibid. 828;
1299 Jutta (nom) ibid. 277;
1303 Jutte (nom) ibid. 890
- Poland
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- Latin
- ● 1105 Juditha (abl) CDT1 I;
1275 Iuditha (nom) ibid. XXIII
- Spain
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- Latin
- ◑ 1124 Juda (nom) CDSS V
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Judith". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Judith.