Judit
Feminine · “woman of Judea”
Judit is Judith as Hungarian, Spanish and Catalan write it, with no th at the end. Its most famous bearer is Judit Polgár of Budapest, who became a chess grandmaster younger than Bobby Fischer had been and is widely regarded as the strongest woman ever to play the game.
How old is the name Judit?
Judit first appears in US birth records in 1957 — 68 years ago. The typical Judit alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 500 people named Judit are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Judit most popular?
Judit peaked in 1999, reaching #5039 nationally. See the whole 1999 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Yehudit to Judit
The story of Judit
Modern Hungarian spelling writes a t sound with a plain t; the old th survives only in a few aristocratic surnames such as Batthyány, where it is still said as t. Spanish and Catalan write no th either, so all three languages arrived at Judit. Judit Polgár, born in Budapest in 1976, was one of three sisters taught chess at home by their father, László Polgár. She earned the grandmaster title in 1991, taking Fischer's record for the youngest ever, and later climbed into the top ten of the overall world rankings, a place no other woman has reached.
Meaning
woman of Judea
Judit is the Hungarian, Spanish and Catalan form of the Hebrew Yehudit, a woman of Judea or a Jewish woman. The Book of Judith gave the name its heroine.
How the name formed
- Yehudit
- Judith
- Judit
Related forms: Judith · Giuditta · Judyta · Yehudit
Pronouncing Judit
hoo-DEET
Spanish says hoo-DEET, with the j as a breathy h and the stress at the end. Hungarian says YOO-dit, with the stress on the first syllable. English readers will say JOO-dit.
Nicknames for Judit
Moderate
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
- 1957
- Most girls named
- 200423 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #5039reached in 1999
- Change vs 2022
- +20.0%6 in 2023, 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.
Judit in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Judith in English — spelling variant
- Giuditta in Italian — related form
- Judyta in Polish — related form
- Yehudit in Hebrew — related form
Judits among us
people named Judit 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
Judit 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
- One spelling shared by Hungarian, Spanish and Catalan, so it reads as native in more than one heritage.
- Carried by one of the most accomplished chess players of the modern era.
- Short and two-syllable, with the familiar Judith behind it.
- English readers will say JOO-dit, and the Spanish or Hungarian pronunciation will need a word.
- Forms will sometimes correct it to Judith, and it can take a line in a school file to keep the spelling as given.
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Frequently asked
- How many Judits are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Judit are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Judit in 2025?
- Judit is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Judit with classmates?
- Judit will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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