JUDAH  

Gender: M
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: "praise"

Popularity in 2008: #394

Strong, resonant Old Testament name of the eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel that owes its newfound popularity to Jude Law.

Variations:
Jud, Jude, Judd, Judas, Juda

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