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Judd

//d͡ʒʌd// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname transferred from the given name.
  2. 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. 3
    An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Webster County, Iowa, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of jud. alt-of, alternative

Etymology

From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan.

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