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How do I find what my name means?

Where can I find out what my name means?

  • Can anyone tell me what my sisters name, Jodie, means? Or where I can find out? Thanks x

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    Jodie is an English pet form, or nickname, of either Judith or Jude. Judith is taken from the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehudit) which meant "woman from Judea" (Judea was an ancient region in Israel). In the Old Testament Judith is one of the wives of Esau. This is also the name of the main character of the apocryphal Book of Judith who kills Holofernes, an invading Assyrian commander, by beheading him in his sleep. Jude, on the other hand, is a feminine form of the name Judas, which came from Ιουδας (Ioudas), the Greek form of Judah. This name in turn is from the Hebrew name יְהוּדָה (Yehudah) which meant "praised." Judah was one of the twelve sons of Jacob and the ancestor of the tribe of Judah in the Old Testament. This tribe eventually formed the kingdom of Judah in the south of Israel. King David and Jesus were descendents of Judah. Judas was used in many English versions of the New Testament to denote the second apostle named Judas, in order to distinguish him from Judas Iscariot. He was supposedly the author of the Epistle of Jude.

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Jodie, a 2-syllable girl's name of Hebrew origin, means: Praised. Jodie's ethnic backgrounds include English/Welsh. Entertainers with this name include Jodie Foster (Movies).

proud walker

Try Surname Dictionary's, I use the Oxford book of names which covers Given, Surnames and place names. good luck and good hunting

Benthebus

Jodie English: of uncertain origin. It may be a pet form of Judith and Jude, but if so the reason for the change in the vowel is not clear. Alternatively, it may be a playful elaboration of Jo and Joe, with -d- introduced for euphony before the hypocoristic suffix -y. Variants: Jodie, Jodi.

itsjustme

it is of Judea and means praised.

Celebrate

Jodie means born on a council estate, in the south east

Nubar Gulbenkian

I suppose u may find the meaning of your name from your parents, they have the best clue why that name was the one picked!

seesunsuf

It means grace of God origin:hebrew gender: female

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