Jude (given name)
Jude is an English unisex, primarily masculine given name. It is ultimately derived from the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה, which can be transliterated as Yehuḏa, means "praise", and whose short form was more directly adopted into English as Judah. Jude is an English variant of Judas, a name derived from Ἰούδας, the Ancient Greek form of יְהוּדָה.
Variants of the name Jude are used for several Biblical figures. Jude the Apostle is a Roman Catholic patron saint of hopeless cases. It is also occasionally used as a feminine short form of the names Judith or Judy or as an independent feminine given name.
Biblical
- Jude, brother of Jesus, who is sometimes identified as being the same person as Jude the Apostle
- Jude the Apostle, an apostle also called Judas Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus, the patron saint of lost causes in the Catholic Church
Men
- Jude (singer), American singer-songwriter
- Jude, better known as F1NN5TER, video game streamer
- Jude Abaga, Nigerian hip hop artist
- Jude Abbott, English musician
- Jude Acers, American chess master
- Jude Acidre, Filipino legislator and policy analyst
- Jude Adjei-Barimah, Italian-American football cornerback
- Jude Akuwudike, Nigerian actor
- Jude Aneke, Nigerian forward
- Jude Angelini, American radio host and author known as Rude Jude
- Jude Anthany Joseph, Indian film director, screenwriter and actor
- Jude Arthur, Ghanaian footballer
- Jude Arthurs, English professional footballer
- Jude Attipetty, Indian director of Malayalam cinema and television
- Jude Bargwanna, Australian motorsports racing driver
- Jude Bellingham, English footballer
- Jude Blanchette, American foreign policy analyst and China specialist
- Frank Jude Boccio, American Buddhist teacher
- Jude Bolton, Australian rules footballer
- Jude Célestin, Haitian politician
- Jude Ciccolella, American actor and singer
- Jude Cole, American singer, songwriter, record producer, and talent manager
- Jude Collins, English professional footballer
- Jude Cook, British novelist
- James Jude Courtney, American actor, stunt double, and stunt performer
- Jude Davies, British academic
- Jude Thomas Dawam, Nigerian radio personality, actor and musician
- Jude Deveraux, American novelist
- Jude Dibia, Nigerian novelist
- Chukwuemeka Jude Diji, Nigerian academic
- Jude Patrick Dougherty, American philosopher
- Jude Drouin, Canadian former professional ice hockey forward
- Sir Jude Ejiogu, Nigerian politician
- Jude Estrada, Filipino Air Force reserve colonel and former actor
- Emeka Jude Ezeonu, Nigerian international football player
- Jude Lal Fernando, academic based in Ireland
- Jude Gallagher, Irish boxer
- Jude Garcia, Filipino beach and indoor volleyball player
- François-Jude Gaulard, French archetier and bowmaker
- Jude Gibbs, Australian rugby union player
- Jude Gitamondoc, Filipino songwriter, record producer, musical director, and stage director
- Jude Gold, American guitarist
- Jude Griebel, Canadian sculptor
- Jude Hall, African-American soldier in the American Revolutionary War
- Jude Hill, Northern Irish actor
- Jude Hofschneider, Northern Marianan politician
- Jude Idada, Nigerian actor, poet, playwright and producer
- Jude Ise-Idehen, Nigerian politician
- Jude Kongnyuy, Cameroonian footballer
- Jude Laspa, American vice president and director of the Bechtel Group
- Jude Law, English actor
- Jude McAtamney, Irish-American football player
- Jude Menezes, Indian field hockey coach and former goalkeeper
- Jude Kenan Mohammad, American suspected terrorist
- Jude Monye, Nigerian sprinter
- Jude Nancy, Seychelles footballer
- Jude Njoku, Nigerian academic
- Jude Ngaji, Nigerian politician
- Ryan Jude Novelline, Italian–American contemporary artist and clothing designer
- Jude Nworuh, Nigerian professional footballer
- Jude Ogada, Nigerian footballer
- Jude Uzoma Ohaeri, Nigerian psychiatrist
- John Jude Palencar, American illustrator and fine artist
- Jude Pate, American lawyer and judge
- Jude Perera, Australian politician
- Jude Postlethwaite, Irish rugby union player
- Jude Rabo, Nigerian academic
- Jude Reyes, American billionaire businessman
- Jude Thaddaeus Ruwa'ichi, Tanzanian Catholic Archbishop
- R. Jude Samulski, American geneticist and inventor
- Jude Felix Sebastian, Indian field hockey player and Olympian
- Jude Shao, American entrepreneur
- Trevor Jude Smith, American ukulele player
- Jude Soonsup-Bell, Thai professional footballer
- Jude Speyrer, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Jude Soonsup-Bell, English and Thai professional footballer
- Jude Ssemugabi, Ugandan footballer
- Jude Stéfan, French poet and novelist
- Jude Stirling, English former footballer
- Jude St. John, Canadian former footballer
- Jude Sunday, Nigerian football player
- Jude Thomas (runner), Australian middle-distance runner
- Jude Vandelannoite, Belgian footballer
- Jude Willans, Professional footballer for Tottenham Hotspur
- Jude Wanniski, American journalist, conservative commentator, and political economist
- Jude Wellings, American professional soccer player
- Jude Winchester, Northern Irish semi-professional footballer
- Jude Wright, English actor
- Jude Wijethunge, Sri Lankan Sinhala naval officer
Women
- Jude Bijou, American psychotherapist, lecturer, and author
- Jude Broughan, New Zealand artist
- Jude Broughton, New Zealand former rugby union and touch football player
- Jude Burkhauser, American artist, museum curator and researcher
- Jude Coleman, Australian former cricketer and current cricket coach
- Jude Cowan Montague, British artist, writer, composer, film historian, poet and broadcaster
- Jude Demorest, American actress and singer
- Jude Deveraux, American novelist
- Jude Dobson, New Zealand TV presenter, producer and author
- Jude Flannery, American triathlete
- Jude Herrera, American actress
- Jude Kelly, British theatre director and producer
- Jude Kuring, Australian actress
- Jude Rae, Australian artist
- Jude Rogers, Welsh journalist, lecturer, arts critic and broadcaster
- Jude Tallichet, American sculptor
- Jude Terry, British naval officer
- Jude Watson, American author
- Jude Weng, Taiwanese-born American television writer, producer, and director
Non-binary
- Jude Doyle, American feminist author
Fictional
- Jude Lizowski, a character on the Canadian animated series 6teen and Total DramaRama
- Jude, a character in the 2007 film Across the Universe
- Jude, a character in the Canadian teen drama series The Next Step
- Jude Duarte, a character in the novel series The Folk of the Air by Holly Black
- Jude St. Francis, a character in the book "A Little Life" by Hanya Yanagihara
- Jude Fawley, title character in the book Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy