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GIRLS’ NAMES
What They Mean-Famous People That Bore the Name-The Name in History, Literature, Etc.
By Henry W. Fischer
JUDITH
[Welland Telegraph, 9 January 1912]
Judith, correctly spelled Jehudith, is probably the ferrenting of Judah, but some authorities declare it is a racial name, Judith meaning “Jewess.” The “scarlet lily” is Judith’s emblem and “love of country” her sentiment.
Judith, consort of Louis the Pious, led a turbulent existence, was repeatedly imprisoned., but died in 1843 in the full possession of her power and renown.
Like the above, Judith of Bavaria, was a woman of great beauty and wide learning.
The stepmother of Alfred the Great was a German princess by the name of Judith, and it was she who imbued the King with her love of learning. Judith, wife of Waltheof, was a niece of William the Conqueror and was called Jugge for short.
The Irish have adopted Jugge and turned it into Judy.
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