Yahud is a classical Arabic term which comes from a term used 11 times in the Quran to refer to descendants of Hud's community who had strayed into the worship Uzayir (Anosh Uthra) as the son of Allah.
During its existence as a village in the British Mandate of Palestine it was referred to as Qatrat Islam to distinguish it from the Jewish settlement of Qatrat Yahud or Gedera, as it is called in Hebrew, established in the late 19th century.