Jude 1

Jude, Juda, Judas are the French forms as well.
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_(homonymie)
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jude
https://www.name-doctor.com/name-juda-meaning-of-juda-31154.html

Jude can be for a girl. I'm a girl and my name is Jude. Don't impose gender on names, 2006 people.

The name Jude was given to 135 girls born in the US in 2015.

Mothers of boys resent when mothers of girls use masculine names. Because once the name becomes popular for girls, all you hear is negative comments from people. Whispers of "isn't that a girl's name?" We want our boys to have names that won't be bullied in school. I don't see why that's not clear to mom's of girls who think it's "cute" and "spunky." Seriously boys names are withering away... Not much to choose from nowadays. I liked Avery for my first born son but because it reached the top list for girls, went for the less common surname Lawson. I've gotten remarks on how masculine and unique the name Lawson is and I've had other women say "I like that for a girl." Really? That's the scary part of naming your boy something outside of the top 100 list. If it becomes popular for girls, now your poor boy has a "girl's name." I'm just saying it how it is. It would be nice to live in a world where gender never plays a role but it does. It's less socially acceptable for boys to carry popular girl's names...

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I really like the name Jude for a boy. First or middle name. But I'm not going to lie. Imagining it taking off as a girl's name makes me reluctant.

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My name is Ashley. That was a masculine name. It's hard to find popular girl's names that weren't taken from males. My sister in law is Randi and my male cousin is Randy. What can I say... just not a fan of this trend (as a mother to a boy).

In modern English the name Jude can also be used as a girls name. It's not just masculine anymore.

It can also be a girls name, like Jude in Sundae Girl, the book, although it seems more masculine really.

* You would never HEAR a German say 'Jude' like the name Jude. The word is written the same, but pronounced something like 'yoo-deh'.

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*If a German saw it, it wouldn't be any different if he were an English speaker seeing "Jew"- WWII is over, bananarama.

Jude is also a girls name.

Jude is not a girls name! Jude is a handsome name that I love and would give to a son one day but jeez do the girls get all the boy names now? Jude is a guys name, always has been, and I hope it will stay that way. You trendy folk can have Madison and Hayden and such but leave this one alone!

People can name their kids whatever they want. If I like Jude for a girl - I'll use Jude for a girl. I couldn't care less what you think about it just because you're using it on a boy. You want to use it on a boy, and I would like to use it on either a boy or girl. If you don't like it, well it's not your kid.

In Swedish, "jude" (pronounced YEW-deh) means "Jewish" or "Jewish man" (a Jewish woman is called "Judinna"). It's not used as a name - neither among Swedish Jews, nor among non-Jewish Swedes.