Judy

Diminutive of Judith, Hebrew

"He will be praised or woman from Judea"

Judy Origin and Meaning

The name Judy is a girl's name meaning "He will be praised or woman from Judea".

Judy was the nickname of choice for almost all the Judiths born in the 1940s and 50s; today's little Judiths are much more likely to be called Judith -- or, possibly, Jude.

Judy Rank in US Top 1000

# 995 in the US

Popularity of the name Judy

• 1622 Nameberry 2025
• 639 Unique 2023

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Famous People Named Judy

• Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm) American actress and singer
• Judith "Judy" Blume American author
• Judith Susan "Judy" Sheindlin aka Judge Judy American TV judge
• Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt English actress
• Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim) American actress
• Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins American singer,songwriter
• Judith Therese "Judy" Greer American actress
• Judy Valerie Cornwell English actress
• Judy Gold American comedienne
• Judy Ann Santos Filipina actress
• Judy Kay "Juice" Newton American pop and country music singer
• Judith Gail "Judy" Borg Biggert U.S. Congresswoman from Illinois
• Elinor Isabel "Judy" Judefind Agnew wife of former US VP Spiro Agnew
• Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen) American feminist and artist
• Judith Aileen "Judy" Dyble British singer,songwriter of Fairport Convention and Trader Horne

The name Judy in Pop Culture

• Judy character from "Punch and Judy" puppet show
• "Judy Moody " book and character by Megan McDonald
• Judy Jetson character on animated series "The Jetsons"
• Judy Turner character in "A Chorus Line"
• Judy Funnie character in animated series "Doug"
• Judy Bernly character in "9 to 5"
• Judy Bunch character in "The Sims 3" computer game
• Judy girl character in the film "My Girl"
• Judy Cooper character on TV's "K.C. Undercover"
• Judy Hopps lead rabbit character in Disney's "Zootopia"
• Judy Shepherd girl character in "Jumanji"
• Judy Hayward character from Netflix's "Greenhouse Academy"
• "Judy Berlin " film and its main character
• Judy Bolton main character in the mystery series by Margaret Sutton
• Judy Brownlee character on New Zealand soap "Shortland Street"
• Judy Foster character in radio show/film "A Date with Judy"
• Judy Hensler character on TV's "Leave It to Beaver"
• Judy Miller character on TV's "Still Standing"
• Judy of the Jungle golden,age comic book character
• "Judy Is a Punk " song by The Ramones
• "Why Judy Why " song by Billy Joel
• "Judy's Turn to Cry " song by Lesley Gore
• Jude Hale character in Netflix series "Dead to Me"
• Judy Alvarez Character in "Cyberpunk 2077"