The name Judith originates from the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehuḏiṯ), meaning 'Jewish woman', which is the feminine form of יְהוּדִי (yehuḏi), referring to a person from the tribe of Judah. In the Old Testament, Judith is one of the Hittite wives of Esau. The name is also central to the apocryphal Book of Judith, where the protagonist, a Jewish widow, uses her beauty and charm to kill an Assyrian general, Holofernes, thereby saving her city, Bethulia, and nearby Jerusalem from destruction. The na...