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Yehuda

yeh-HOO-dah

Popularity

#733

rising

Letters

6

Syllables

3

Origin

Hebrew

Total Births

7,525

Peak Year

#356 in 2024

First Recorded

1950

Style

Spiritual & Biblical, Strong & Bold

Spelling

Moderate spelling

What It Means

Yehuda is a Hebrew name meaning "praised" or "thankful."

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Numerology

8

The Achiever

Powerful, determined, and success-oriented. Names at 8 project confidence and ambition.

Famous Namesakes

  • Yehuda Bauer

    Israeli historian and scholar of the Holocaust

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Personality Traits

StrongGratefulWiseLeader

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