judd

plural judds

1. alternativebusinessAlternative form of jud.

plural Judds

1. A surname transferred from the given name.

   Dawn Judd, chair of Preston City of Sanctuary said: "The Afghans have come here by legal routes, invited by central government and settled in the county by the Ministry of Defence.

   2026 September 4, “County council to step back from refugee role”, in BBC News, retrieved 04 Sep 2026

2. A male given name from Hebrew, today often transferred back from the surname.

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   "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.

   1996, Joyce Carol Oates, We Were the Mulvaneys, Harper Perennial, published 2007, →ISBN, page 4

3. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Webster County, Iowa, United States.