Judd
proper nounattested in dialogue
- //d͡ʒʌd//
A surname transferred from the given name.
proper noun
- 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.
Etymology
From a Middle English short form of the given name Jordan.
Forms
- plural
- Judds
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