Judge is an English title turned first name, from the Latin judex, "one who pronounces the law", formed from jus, law, and dicere, to say. It joins a group of authority names such as Major, Deacon and Bishop and has a long history as a Southern nickname, while baseball slugger Aaron Judge carries it as a surname. The name ranked number 4686 in 2000, peaked at number 2514 in 2021 and sits at number 2660 in 2025 with 49 boys.