Meaning of the nameJudite

Judite is a feminine name, the Portuguese form of Judith, which comes from Hebrew Yehudit and means 'woman of Judea'.

Meaning

“woman of Judea”

Source: Wiktionary: Judith · Behind the Name: Judith

People (2022): 28,934
Rank in Brazil: #844
Median age: 66 years
2010 Census: 41,518; people

Judite in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Judite, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (8,017 people).

28,760 women 174 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Judite is most common

States with the highest share of people named Judite in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.034%
Pernambuco 0.021%
Paraná 0.019%
Rondônia 0.017%
Santa Catarina 0.017%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,850	0.013%
Bahia	4,786	0.034%
Minas Gerais	2,700	0.013%
Paraná	2,124	0.019%
Pernambuco	1,923	0.021%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,357	0.013%
Rio de Janeiro	1,306	0.008%
Santa Catarina	1,269	0.017%
Ceará	901	0.010%
Goiás	694	0.010%
Pará	639	0.008%
Paraíba	612	0.015%
Mato Grosso	592	0.016%
Maranhão	559	0.008%
Espírito Santo	444	0.012%
Piauí	394	0.012%
Rio Grande do Norte	392	0.012%
Mato Grosso do Sul	387	0.014%
Alagoas	383	0.012%
Sergipe	352	0.016%
Distrito Federal	348	0.012%
Amazonas	306	0.008%
Rondônia	272	0.017%
Tocantins	192	0.013%
Acre	78	0.009%
Roraima	46	0.007%
Amapá	28	0.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Judite

Judite is the Portuguese form of Judith, a name that Wiktionary ultimately traces to Hebrew Yehudit, 'woman of Judea'. Behind the Name explains it as the feminine of yehudi, a term referring to a person of the tribe of Judah, and lists Judite as the Portuguese form. In the Bible, according to Wiktionary, Judith is the name of one of Esau's wives and of a book of the Catholic Old Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 28,934 people named Judite, with a median age of 66. Proportionally, the name is most common in Bahia; the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) records spellings such as Judit and Judithe.

Sources

Wiktionary: Judith · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Judith · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Judite · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Judite · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Judite

What does the name Judite mean?

Judite means “woman of Judea”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Judite in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 28,934 people with the first name Judite, which ranks it number 844 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Judite a boy's or a girl's name?

Judite is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 28,760 women and 174 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Judite?

Judite is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Judite most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.034% of the state's population is named Judite (4,786 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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