Judas

Even though I’m not Christian, I would wholeheartedly advise against using a name that has become synonymous with betrayal and disloyalty. It could very well make a bad first impression on people and might cost you friendships or job opportunities.

Even though it's a fantastic name and all, it's also a term for a traitor but that won't stop me.

All the fairytale believers being offended by this name are hilarious. Who cares if he betrayed a cult leader? It's just a name lmaoo 😭😭 sounds pretty cool too.

I’m trans, and I picked this for my middle name. Would never choose it for my first name for the association but still loved the name so I wanted to use it somehow. I do get weird comments every time I tell people this is my middle name though. Sigh. If you’re using this name in a country with a Christian majority, there’s always going to be the unfortunate connotation.

Beautiful sounding name. Too bad that people are so close minded. There were multiple people named Judas in the bible, and only one of them was awful. There were also multiple people named Jesus- it was one of the most common names at the time- but only one of them was exalted. Given that, it seems hypocritical to be okay with one name and not with the other.

I'm a Christian and I would use this name. There is more than one Judas in The Bible (Jesus's brother who did not betray him was also named Judas). Adam and Eve disobeyed God and we use those names... Anybody can make a name bad or good. It's a lovely name regardless.

For some reason I really like the pronunciation JEW-DAY-AS.

I love Judas Iscariot, so I think it's awesome. However, you gotta take sensitivities into account, so if I use this, it would most likely be a middle name. :)

This name is beautiful, full of compassion, empathy and strength. I would have no problem or prejudice with an upright man who is called Judas. He is a leader, an innovator and a man who everyone else wishes to be. His perseverance is almost unmatched and stands alone, content with ridicule because he knows that lashing out does not bring peace. If I were to give him a nickname it would be "heart and muscle."

The name Judas is SO STUPID! Who would name their kid after a Lady Gaga song?!

I hope the poster above me was joking. If anyone were insane enough to name their child this, it would most likely be after the character in the bible, not a lady gaga song! Ridiculous how ignorant some people are.

If my last name were Priest, I would totally name my kid this.

In response to what someone said previously, I think it is sick that anyone would think it is fun to name your child Judas just to piss people off.

This name disgusts me. I don't know why a few people like this. It is too heavily associated with Judas Iscariot and no one else. I think this is a terrible name that wouldn't reflect well.

I don't understand why somebody would be against naming their child Judas because it just happened to be the name of a man who lived 2,000 years ago who may or may not have betrayed another man which certain people see as some sort of savior. The fact is, it's a beautiful name that has belonged to many good people. Yes, an event occurred a millennium ago that some people interpret a certain way but realize, there is going to be negative connotations with any name. Be mature people.

It would admittedly be fun to name a son Judas just to make the veins in Christians' heads and necks bulge and to get them to foam at the mouth and send you hate mail, but to tell you the truth, I'm not big on the name myself. It sounds a bit pompous and foreign, and thus out of place, outside the culture it came from. But if you do like the name, fine, use it, but don't whine about how people have negative ideas about you as a parent and how people think you're cult members or some type of immature teen parents who thought it would be cool, or, the worst of all possibilities, some annoying contrarian types. Also, cut the crap about this man being the most evil man in history, or anything close to it. Judas didn't start a war, create concentration camps, or come up with some horible way to systematically destroy minority groups. If you want the name of a truly evil person, try Adolf, Saddam, or something on the lines of that.

As a Christian, I obviously do not like Judas Iscariot. He was one of, if not the, most evil man in history. HOWEVER, this does not affect my opinion of the name. In fact, I rather like this name. I used it in one of my stories. I suppose I could have changed his name to Jude or Judah, but it wouldn't be the same. Jude lacks the two syllables that make it work (I don't care much for monosyllabic names), and Judah hasn't got the S at the end that makes me like it so. So if you give it a chance (and try not to think of Judas Iscariot), it's really a cool name.

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By the way, I'd like to say that Jude and Judas are the same names in the Bible. The translators just changed them so they'd be different names.

The bible is a load of rubbish to me, so I'd have no problem using the name if I ever have a son. I love the sound of it.

Nice name, but I prefer the forms Jude and Judah.

Judas has a nice sound to it. Yes, I know a man named Judas betrayed Jesus, but the fact is that Jesus is a pretty forgiving guy, so maybe we should be too and just move on past the fact that Judas happens to be the name of arguably the most hated man in history. If you ignore that, it becomes a pretty cool-sounding name.

I really like this name. It's one of the names I would like my son (if I have one) to have. =)