Jude
[dʒuːd]Meaning
variant of Judas, from the Hebrew name Yehuda
Background Story
Jude is a variant of Judas, used in many English versions of the New Testament for the second apostle named Judas, to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot, and he was supposedly the author of the Epistle of Jude. In the English-speaking world it has occasionally been used as a given name since the time of the Protestant Reformation. It appears in the title of the Beatles' song Hey Jude (1968), altered from the original title Hey Jules, written by Paul McCartney for Julian Lennon, the son of his bandmate John Lennon. Jude is also a short form of Judith.
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