Judee
Feminine · Hebrew roots · “woman of Judea (as Judith”
Judee is Judy with a double e, and one bearer made it memorable: the songwriter Judee Sill, the first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum Records, whose albums found new listeners long after her death.
How old is the name Judee?
Judee first appears in US birth records in 1936 — 89 years ago. The typical Judee alive today was born around 1949, making them about 76 years old. About 400 people named Judee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Judee most popular?
Judee peaked in 1943, reaching #1492 nationally. See the whole 1943 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yehudit (Hebrew) to Judee
The story of Judee
Judith is a Hebrew name, 'woman of Judea', carried by the heroine of the Book of Judith. English shortened it to Judy, and American families later wrote the short form several ways: Judie, Judi and Judee. The best-known Judee is Judee Sill, a California singer-songwriter of the early Asylum Records years, best remembered for 'Jesus Was a Cross Maker'. Beyond its root and that one bearer, the spelling has no separate history.
Meaning
woman of Judea (as Judith, Hebrew)
Judy is the English pet form of Judith, Hebrew for 'woman of Judea' or 'Jewish woman'. Judee spells Judy with a double e and keeps that meaning.
How the name formed
- YehuditHebrew
- Judith
- Judy
- Judee
Related forms: Yehudit · Giuditta
Pronouncing Judee
JOO-dee
Two syllables, stress on the first; the double e is the ee of 'see'.
Nicknames for Judee
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1936
- Most girls named
- 194331 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1492reached in 1943
- Change vs 1968
- 0.0%5 in 1969, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Judee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yehudit in Hebrew — related form
- Giuditta in Italian — related form
Judees among us
people named Judee are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Judee sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Said exactly like Judy, a familiar name.
- A documented bearer of this exact spelling in American music.
- Leads back to Judith, a name with an ancient record.
- It will be written Judy by default.
- The double e reads as informal on paper, closer to a nickname than to Judith; Judith is there as a full form if one is ever wanted.
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Frequently asked
- How many Judees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Judee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Judee in 2025?
- Judee is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Judee with classmates?
- Judee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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