Judd
English edit
Etymology edit
From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Judd
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A male given name from Hebrew, today often transferred back from the surname.
- 1996, Joyce Carol Oates, We Were the Mulvaneys, Harper Perennial, published 2007, →ISBN, page 4:
- "Judd" was a name associated with a certain measure of sternness, sobriety, though in fact we Mulvaney children were rarely scolded and even more rarely punished: "Judson Andrew" which is my baptismal name was a name of such dignity and aspiration I never came to feel it could be mine, only something borrowed like a Hallowe'en mask.
Related terms edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German jude, from Old High German judo, from Latin iūdaeus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Judd m (plural Judden)