St. Jude is a possibility in some cases but not others. Remember the comedian who dressed as a cop and called himself Officer Judy? His name was actually Eisenstein or something similar. Gary Radcliffe ----- Original Message ----- From: Rjsea@aol.com Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 12:54 PM To: SURNAME-ORIGINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SURNAME-ORIGINS] Judy >From the "Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names" Judith, familiar form Judy, Biblical, from Hebrew meaning "Jewess," it was the name of the wife of Esau in the Old Testament (Genesis 26:34) and the Apocrypha has The Book of Judith. Always a popular name among Jews, it has had spells of popularity in the English-speaking world. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237