Shem Tov Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
YehuditIn Hebrew: יהודית · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: יְהוּדִיתRomanization: y'hudít
Yehudit (Hebrew: יהודית) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 22,672 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 457 girls and ranked #39. Its peak year was 1952, with 589 babies.
- People in Israel
- 22,672
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 457
- rank #39
- Peak year
- 1952
- 589 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Yehudit
In Hebrew letters the name is יהודית, read right to left. Yehudit is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "y'hudít" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Hebrew
- Yiddish, Ladino, and any of the Western European Languages mixed with Hebrew words spoken by the Diaspora
- a female given name, Yehudit, equivalent to English Judith
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Yehudit by year in Israel
How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Yehudit
How do you write Yehudit in Hebrew?
Yehudit is written יהודית in Hebrew (with vowel points: יְהוּדִית). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "y'hudít".
How many people in Israel are named Yehudit?
22,672 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name יהודית: 22,664 women and 8 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Yehudit a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named יהודית are women.
What does the name Yehudit mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Hebrew"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.