Save Gender Feminine Usage English, Judeo-Catalan, Judeo-Anglo-Norman, Judeo-French Scripts יהודה(Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. joo-DEE-ə(English) joo-DAY-ə(English) [key] Meaning & History Derived from Yehudah. This is a biblical place name, as well as the modern-day name for the mountanous area in the southern part of the land of Israel.