Jude is a modern star, maintaining a steady level of popularity -- but not TOO much popularity, in the US at least. Thank Jude Law and the great Lennon-McCartney song "Hey Jude", double-handedly responsible for propelling Jude up the charts.
 Saint Jude was the apostle who intervened on behalf of people with problems and became the patron saint of lost causes. This positive Biblical association helps to distance the name for the similar Judas, borne by the traitorous Judas Iscariot.
 
A literary name, appearing in Thomas Hardy's tragic novel, Jude the Obscure and in the more recent (but equally tragic) A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, Jude is also notably borne by footballer Jude Bellingham. The name is occasionally used for girls (as in Martha Stewart's granddaughter)--but more often as a shortened form of Judith/Judy.
 
Jude can be considered a multicultural choice too. It is an alternative form of the Arabic Jud or Joud, both variations of Jawad meaning "to be generous, to be good to others". In this case, it is considered unisex.
 
Currently a US Top 200 name, in the UK, it entered the Top 20 in 2023.

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Rebellious Hebrew Boys Names

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