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That's so interesting about St Jude and being the patron saint of lost causes. I must admit I always thought "Hey, Jude" was about a woman, especially because of the end where he sings "Judy, Judy, Judy". It's probably because I was unfamiliar with the name Jude but knew lots of Judiths and Judys. The 1860 US census appears to show almost as many women named Jude as men, and also a good number of women named Juda and Judah. Judith was in use at the time so was there a similar confusion and possible nickname formation then too?

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