Judith

[Firebird83]

What do you think of Judith? Could it make a comeback? What about Judy?

It’s a great choice - never been popular enough to be too ordinary, good short form, classic, sounds lovely.

Not for me, unless I was giving birth to a 40 yo.

but babies/children make a name cute again, so if YOU like it, then use it!!

I know a Judith in her 50's who is lovely but l am not sure l would have it as my dh would say Judiff!

Sounds very old fashioned, middle aged

Isn't one of the kids in the Paddington books Judy?

I don't hate it though tbh

Will probably be the only one in the class called Judy

I know someone in her mid 20s called Lisa and her name is totally the wrong era so it's a fine line IMO

Judy could be cute though

Frumpy. Kinda like Ruth. Judy is nicer.

I've always liked the sound of it, but felt it was out of bounds for me to use because the meaning is "Jewish girl" and I'm not Jewish.

I love it.
Love Jean, Julia and Jillian too

I only know one Judith - she's in her 60s, and is a very strange person

I agree, I think Valerie and Sandra are particularly nice. I also really like Anita.

Judith is nice name, OP.

I found out late last year that I was nearly called Judith nn Judy, It was my dad’s favourite name - so glad my mum said no.

j much prefer Julia and Juliet.

My late Nan's neighbour is called Judith - lovely lady. I quite like the name.

In its favour, it's a good strong classic name, not in the least bit cutesy or twee. I like that about it.

However, I just don't seem to like names with a 'th' sound in them, currently popular as a pp said. Also, with a couple of exceptions, I'm generally not a fan of Old Testament names.

So for those reasons, it's not my style.

I really like Judith.

Awful boring and frumpy

I absolutely LOVE Judith - classic but not overused, easy to spell, unusual enough not to have 3 in the same class.
Will suit a child and an adult - so much better than Margot that seems so popular here!
(Judith was the name I always had in mind but never got to use 😕)

I like Judi but like a previous poster prefer Juliet.

Love Judith and Jude, not keen on Judy.

To be honest I've always disliked it. My mum has a few friends called Judith. But maybe for others it would seem less old fashioned.

It's a very old name. William Shakespeare's younger daughter was called Judith. His older daughter was Susanna. Lovely names both.

Here's a wonderful Judith. RIP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Kerr

Biblical Judith was pretty bad-ass, if you like that kind of thing!

Like it and think Judy would be lovely as shorter everyday name.