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Type Surname (from given name, from occupation & from nickname)
Other Forms FormsJuge, Jude, Mac an Bhreitheamhain (Irish Gaelic), Mac an Bhreithimh (Irish Gaelic)
Meaning & History
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 "judge" (from Latin iudex from ius "law" and dicere "to say") which replaced the Old English term dema. part translation of Gaelic Mac an Bhreitheamhain, later Mac an Bhreithimh "son of the judge (breitheamhnach)".