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Gender: M Meaning of Jude: "praised" Origin of Jude: Latin diminutive of Judah Jude's Popularity in 2012: #162

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Jude is an example of a name whose image was turned on its head primarily by one appealing celebrity. So take a bow, Jude Law: You--in collaboration with the Lennon-McCartney song "Hey Jude"--have erased Jude's old connections to the traitorous Judas Iscariot and Thomas Hardy's tragic Jude the Obscure, and inspired a legion of new babies named Jude--over two thousand of them last year.

Saint Jude was the apostle who interceded for people with problems and became the patron saint of lost causes.

Kelsey Grammer has a son named Jude Gordon. Jude is occasionally used for girls (as in Martha Stewart's granddaughter)--but more often as a shortened form of Judith/Judy.

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Famous People Named Jude

Saint Jude, the apostle
Jude Law, British actor
Jude, half-brother of Jesus believed to have written 2nd to last book in New Testament
River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) - Actor

Pop Culture References for the Name Jude

"Hey Jude," a Beatles song
"Jude the Obscure," Thomas Hardy novel
St. Jude's Children's Hospital
Jude- main character in the movie "Across the Universe"
Jude - main character in television series 6Teen
Jude Heartfillia, Lucy's father in the anime Fairy Tail
Jude Baker, Brooke Davis' son on the show One Tree Hill

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