Judith comes from the Hebrew Yehudit and means "woman from Judea" or "Jewish woman". The Book of Judith tells of the widow who saved her city by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes, a scene painted by Caravaggio and Artemisia Gentileschi. Judith was a top 50 name in the 1940s; it ranked number 612 in 2000, peaked at number 538 in 2004 and has stayed in the 800s for years, ranking number 790 in 2025.