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Judith

Meaning

Means "woman of Judah", "the praised one".

Origin and History

  • · From Hebrew Yehudit, "woman of Judah" or "Jewish woman". In the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, she saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
  • · That scene has been depicted by painters such as Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi, among the most reproduced works of Baroque art.

Traits and personality

Under Pythagorean numerology, the initials A, J and S map to the number 1: an independent, self-sufficient personality with a natural leader's instinct — goal-driven, more inclined to blaze a trail than follow one. This is a numerology reading, not an exact science — character is shaped by life, not by a name.

Initial
J
Syllables
2

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