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Judith (Hebrew Bible)

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In Genesis 26:34, Judith is the name of one of the two Hittite wives of Esau.

However, Judith is in fact a Hebrew name (יהודית Yəhûdhîth, Y(e)hudit "Praise"), the feminine form of Judah.