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Yiddish Names

These names are used by Yiddish-speaking Jews. See also about Jewish names.
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ALTE   אַלְטֶע   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of ALTER
ALTER   אַלְתֵר   m   Yiddish
Means "old" in Yiddish... [more]
ANSHEL   אַנְשֶׁעל   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of ASHER
AVRUM   אַבְֿרוּם   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ABRAHAM
BAILA   בֵײלָא   f   Yiddish
Means "white" in Yiddish.
BENESH   בֶענֶעשׁ   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of BENEDICT
BER   בֶער   m   Yiddish
Means "bear" in Yiddish.
BEYLKE   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of BAILA
BLUMA   בְלוּמָא   f   Yiddish
Means "flower" in Yiddish.
BREINDEL   ברַײנדְל   f   Yiddish
Means "brunette" in Yiddish.
CHARNA   f   Yiddish
From a Slavic word meaning "black".
CHATZKEL   חַצְקֶעל   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of EZEKIEL
DOVID   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of DAVID
DUDEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of DAVID
EIDEL   אֵײדֶעל   f   Yiddish
Means "delicate" in Yiddish.
EVRON   ֶבְֿרוֹן   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of EPHRAIM
FAIGA   פֵײגָא   f   Yiddish
Variant of FAIGEL
FAIGEL   פֵײגֶל   f   Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish פֵײגֶל (feigel) meaning "bird".
FAIVISH   פַײבֿוּשׁ   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of PHOEBUS
FALK   m   German, Yiddish
Means "falcon" in German and Yiddish.
FAYVEL   פַײבֶֿעל, פַײוֶעל   m   Yiddish
Variant transcription of FEIVEL
FEIBUSH   פַײבוּשׁ   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of PHOEBUS
FEIGE   פֵײגָא   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of FAIGA
FEIVEL   פַײבֶֿעל, פַײוֶעל   m   Yiddish
Diminutive of FEIBUSH
FISHEL   פִישֶׁעל   m   Yiddish
Means "little fish" in Yiddish.
FISHKE   פִישְׁקֶע   m   Yiddish
Variant of FISHEL
FREYDE   f   Yiddish
Means "joy" in Yiddish.
FRUMA   פרוּמָא   f   Yiddish
Means "pious" in Yiddish.
GAVREL   גַאבְֿרֶעל   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of GABRIEL
GITTEL   גִיטְל   f   Yiddish
Means "good" in Yiddish.
GLUKE   גְלוּקֶע   f   Yiddish
Means "good luck" in Yiddish.
GLUKEL   גְלוּקְל   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of GLUKE
GOLDA   גוֹלְדָא   f   Yiddish
Means "gold" in Yiddish.
GOLDIE (2)   f   Yiddish
Variant of GOLDA
HASKEL   הַשְׂכֵּל   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of EZEKIEL
HENA   הֶענַא   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH
HENDA   הֶענדָא   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH
HENDEL   הֶנדְל   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of HANNAH
HENE   הֶענֶע   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH
HENYE   הֶענְיֶע   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HANNAH
HERSCHEL   הֶערשֶׁעל   m   Yiddish
Variant transcription of HERSHEL
HERSH   הֶערְשׁ   m   Yiddish
Means "deer" in Yiddish.
HERSHEL   הֶערשֶׁעל   m   Yiddish
Diminutive of HERSH
HESHEL   הֶעשֶׁעל   m   Yiddish
Variant of HERSHEL
HIRSH   הֶערְשׁ   m   Yiddish
Variant transcription of HERSH
HIRSHEL   הֶערשֶׁעל   m   Yiddish
Variant transcription of HERSHEL
HODE   הָאדֶע   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of HADASSAH
HODEL   הָאדֶעל   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of HODE
HUDES   הוּדֶעס   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDITH
HYMAN   הײמן   m   Yiddish
Alteration of HYAM influenced by Yiddish man "man".
HYMIE   m   Yiddish
Diminutive of HYMAN
ISER   אִיסֶר   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL
ISSUR   אִיסָער   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL
KAILA   קַײלָע   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of KELILA
KAPEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB
KAYLA (2)   קַײלָע   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of KAILA
KOPPEL   קָאפֶּּעל   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB
KREINDEL   קְרַײנְדֶעל   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of KREINE
KREINE   קְרַײנֶע   f   Yiddish
Means "crown" in Yiddish.
LAZER   לֵײזֶער   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ELIEZER
LEEBA   לִיבָא   f   Yiddish
Means "beloved" in Yiddish.
LIEBER   לִיבֶער   m   Yiddish
Means "beloved" in Yiddish.
MENDEL   מֶנְדְל   m   Yiddish
Originally this was possibly a Yiddish diminutive of MANNO... [more]
MEYER   מֵאִיר   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of MEIR... [more]
MIRELE   מִירֶעל   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MIRIAM
MOISHE   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of MOSES
MOTEL   מָאטְל   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MORDECAI
MOTKE   מָאטקֶע   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of MORDECAI
PERELE   f   Yiddish
Variant of PERLE
PERLE   f   Yiddish
Means "pearl" in Yiddish, also used as a Yiddish vernacular form of Margaret.
RAISA (2)   רֵײזָא   f   Yiddish
Means "rose" in Yiddish.
RAISEL   רֵײזֶעל   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of RAISA (2)
RAYNA (2)   רֵײנָא   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of REINA (2)
REINA (2)   רֵײנָא   f   Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish רֵײן (rein) meaning "clean, pure"... [more]
RIFKA   רִיפְקָא   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of RIVKA
RUCHEL   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of RACHEL
SEKEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of ISAAC
SELIG   סֶעלִיג   m   Yiddish
Means "blessed, happy" in Yiddish.
SENDER   סֶנְדֶר   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ALEXANDER
SHAINA   שֵׁײנָא   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of SHAYNA
SHAINDEL   שֵׁײנדֶל   f   Yiddish
Diminutive of SHAYNA
SHAYNA   שֵׁײנָא   f   Yiddish
Means "beautiful" in Yiddish.
SHAYNAH   שֵׁײנָא   f   Yiddish
Variant transcription of SHAYNA
SHEINE   שֵׁײנֶע   f   Yiddish
Variant of SHAYNA
SHIMMEL   שִׁימְעֶל   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of SIMON
SHPRINTZA   שְׁפּרִינְצָא   f   Yiddish
Possibly a Yiddish form of ESPERANZA
SHPRINTZE   שְׁפּרִינְצֶע   f   Yiddish
Possibly a Yiddish form of ESPERANZA
SHPRINTZEL   שְׁפּרִינְצֶעל   f   Yiddish
Possibly a Yiddish diminutive of ESPERANZA
SISEL   סִיסְל   f   Yiddish
Means "sweet" in Yiddish... [more]
SROEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of ISRAEL
SURI   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SARAH
TEIVEL   m   Yiddish
Means "devil" in Yiddish.
TEVYE   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of TOBIAH
TOIBA   טוֹיבָא   f   Yiddish
Means "dove" in Yiddish.
TZEITEL   צַײטֶעל   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of SARAH
VELVEL   װֶעלװֶעל   m   Yiddish
Means "wolf" in Yiddish... [more]
VELVELA   װֶלװֶלא   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of VELVEL
YANKEL   יַאנְקֶעל   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JACOB
YENTE   יֶענטֶע   f   Yiddish
Possibly a variant of YENTL... [more]
YENTL   יֶענְטל   f   Yiddish
Yiddish form of the French nickname Gentille, meaning "noble, aristocratic".
YIDEL   יִדְל   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDAH
YUDEL   יוּדֶעל   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of JUDAH
YUSSEL   m   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JOSEPH
YUTKE   יוּטְקֶע   f   Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of JUDITH
ZALMAN   זלמן   m   Yiddish
Yiddish form of SOLOMON
ZELDA (1)   זֶעלְדָא   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of SELIG
ZELDE   זֶעלְדֶע   f   Yiddish
Feminine form of SELIG
ZELIG   זֶעלִיג   m   Yiddish
Variant of SELIG
ZISEL   זִיסֶעל   f   Yiddish
Variant of SISEL
ZLOTA   f   Yiddish
Means "golden" in Yiddish.
ZUSA   f   Yiddish
Means "sweet" in Yiddish.
ZUSMAN   זוּסמאַן   m   Yiddish
Means "sweet man" in Yiddish.
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