Judd
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of jud. alt-of, alternative
- 1 A surname transferred from the given name.
- 2 A male given name from Hebrew, today often transferred back from the surname.
""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."
- 3 An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Webster County, Iowa, United States.
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More examples""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."
Etymology
From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan.
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