Judith History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Germany

The roots of the ancient and distinguished German surname Judith lie in the province of Westphalia. The name is metronymic in origin, deriving from the female personal name "Judith," Hebrew for "of Judah." It is likely that the original bearer of the name was the child of a woman named Judith.

Early Origins of the Judith family

The surname Judith was first found in Westphalia, where the name is thought to have first emerged. The earliest known bearer of the name was Volmarus filius Junta, who was a resident of Basel in 1290. The young Judith family was instrumental in the development of medieval Westphalian society, and played a major role in the early history of the region.

Early History of the Judith family

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Judith Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Jundt, Judith, Junth, Junta, Juntlin, Jüntlin and many more.

Early Notables of the Judith family

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Judith migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Judith Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Maria Judith, who landed in America in 1738 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Judith (post 1700) +

Claire Judith Horwell, British Professor of Geohealth in the Department of Earth Sciences and Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience at Durham University and the founding Director of the International Volcanic Health Hazard Network (IVHHN)
Jennifer Judith Jones OM (b. 1974), Canadian curler, Olympic champion for the Canadian Team in 2014 games, six-time national champion
Sybil Judith Chaplin OBE (1939-1993), English politician
Dame Leonie Judith Kramer AC DBE (1924-2016), Australian academic, educator and professor
Stella Judith Creasy (b. 1977), British Labour Co-operative politician, Member of Parliament for Walthamstow (2010-)
Anne Judith Weyman OBE (b. 1943), British executive, Chief Executive of the Family Planning Association, 1996–2008
Marlene Judith Mathews AO (1934-1956), Australian two-time gold and two-time bronze medalist sprinter at the 1956 Olympic Games and the 1958 Commonwealth Games
Judith Rascoe (b. 1941), American screenwriter, known for Havana, Who'll Stop the Rain, and Road Movie
Dame Judith Elizabeth Hackitt DBE, FREng, FIChemE, FCGI (b. 1954), British engineer and civil servant, former Chair of the UK Health and Safety Executive, she is currently Chair of manufacturing trade body EEF
Judith Appelbaum (1939-2018), American editor and author

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)