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Judas (male)

Variants:Judah (M)
Diminutive for:Yehuda (M)
Derivative(s):Jude (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
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Notes:

From the Greek Judah, itself derived from the Hebrew Yehuda possibly meaning "praised". Several characters in the New Testament bore this name.
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