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judge Name Meaning and History

  1. English: occupational name for an officer of justice or a nickname for a solemn and authoritative person thought to behave like a judge, from Middle English, Old French juge (Latin iudex, from ius ‘law’ + dicere to say), which replaced the Old English term dema. Compare Dempster.
  2. Irish: part translation of Gaelic Mac an Bhreitheamhain, later Mac an Bhreithimh ‘son of the judge (breitheamhnach)’. Compare Brain.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of judge Families in the US in 1920
Number of judge families
 194-385
 65-193		 1-64
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New Judge site at MyFamily.com JoniSmith57 27
Obituary: Williamina C. "Mina" Judge (nee Fraser) semo_dan 0
James J Judge MarceenaJ 5
James Judge wollygog1 38
Judges I am second cousin to, Marty,Mary Theresa,Michael,Bobby lrb62163 3
Thomas Daniel Judge lindajb2006 0
Timothy James Judge laurieg35881 1
James Paul Judge from Ireland about 1850 sdhowell91 0
Thurston Judge - Phoebe Hansel Bud Hyde 3
ELSIE JUDGE Philip 1
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