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Pesha f Yiddish
Related to Pesach (Passover). Alternately, a Yiddish diminutive of Batya.

Pessa f Yiddish
Means "pearl" in Yiddish.

Pesse f Yiddish
Variant of Pesche.

Pessy f Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of Batya.

Priva f Yiddish
Yiddish form of פְּרִי (peri) meaning "fruit" in Hebrew.

Quendel f Yiddish
A germanized version of the given name Kindl.

Raiza f Yiddish
Variant of Raisa 2.

Raizel f Yiddish
Variant of Raisel.

Raizy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Raisa 2.

Rakhil f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Rachel.

Rathe f Yiddish

Raysel f Yiddish
Variant of Raisel.

Rechel f Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of Recha.

Rechla f Yiddish
Diminutive of Recha.

Reisa f Yiddish
Variant of Raisa 2.

Reisel f Yiddish
Variant of Raisel.

Reiza f Yiddish
Variant of Raisa 2.

Reïzel f Yiddish
French spelling of Reizel, a variant transcription of Raisel.

Reizel f Yiddish
Variant of Reisel.

Resla f Yiddish

Ribeka f Judeo-Spanish, Yiddish (Rare), Bosnian (Archaic)
Variant of Rivka.

Riefge f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Late medieval German-Yiddish variant of Rifka.

Rifkele f Yiddish
Diminutive of Rifka. Used frequently in Ruth Minsky Sender's novel "The Cage."

Rika f Hebrew, Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Rifka.

Rikel f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish name, from "rika", "rich". This is an amuletic name.

Rira f Yiddish
Yiddish name of unknown meaning that was used in the historic region of Bessarabia.

Rissa ריִסע f Yiddish
A Yiddish variant of Rebecca

Rive f Yiddish
Back formation of Rivke.

Rivele f Yiddish
Probably a diminutive of Riva.

Rivke f Yiddish
Variant of Rivka.

Rivkele f Yiddish
Diminutive of Rivke.

Rivky f Yiddish
Diminutive of Rivka.

Roiza f Yiddish
Variant of Raisa 2.

Roizy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Raisa 2.

Rokhe f Yiddish
Diminutive of Ruchel.

Ronia ראָניע f Yiddish
Listed as a variant of Rosa 1, but possibly a variant of the Hebrew רוֹנִי.

Ronna f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish for "joy". Same root as modern Hebrew name Ron 2.

Royze f Yiddish
Means "rose" in Yiddish.

Ruchami f Yiddish

Ruchel f Yiddish, Filipino
Yiddish form of Rachel.

Ruchla f Yiddish, Polish
Polish form of Ruchel.

Ruchy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Ruchel.

Ruda f Yiddish (Polonized)
Polish-influenced variant of Raisa 2.

Rudel f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish pet form of Rhoda, probably influenced by Rada. Sometimes used as a pet form for Rosa 1.

Rycia f Yiddish
Variant of Rysia.

Rysia f Yiddish
Polish-Yiddish diminutive of Rifka.

Rytza רײַצע f Yiddish
Likely a Yiddish variant of Grace.

Sala שלה? f Yiddish (Russified)
Yiddish name of unknown meaning.

Sali f Jewish, Yiddish
Czechoslovakian Yiddish pet form of Sarah and Charlotte. See Sally.

Schaje m & f Yiddish (Americanized, Expatriate)
Variant of Schage.

Scharne f Yiddish
German-Yiddish variant of Charne.

Scheindel f Yiddish
Diminutive of Scheine (compare Shaindel).

Scheine f Yiddish
German-Yiddish variant of Shayna.

Schewa f Yiddish, German (Rare)
German Yiddish variant of Sheyve.

Schönche f Yiddish, Jewish
Derived from German schön meaning "beautiful". This name was borne by Schönche Jeannette Rothschild (1771-1859), the oldest child of Mayer Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking family.

Schondel f Yiddish
Diminutive of Schöne.

Schöne f Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish shein "beautiful". The name coincides with German Schöne "beautiful woman" (compare Beila and Shayna).

Schönla f Yiddish
Diminutive of Schöne.

Schönlin f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Schöne.

Selda f English (Rare), German (Rare), Yiddish (Rare)
English and German variant of Zelda 2, the short form of Griselda, as well as a variant of Zelda 1, the feminine form of Selig, occasionally found among Yiddish speakers in German-speaking areas.

Selka f Yiddish
Possibly a Polish Yiddish diminutive of Selda, found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.

Sendra סנדרה f Jewish, Hebrew, Yiddish
Feminine form of Sender, possibly making it the Yiddish form of Sandra, Alexandra, or Aleksandra.

Serel f Yiddish
Yiddish name. Possibly related to Sarah

Serka f Yiddish
Yiddish girls name, could possibly be a diminutive of Sura (Yiddish for Sarah), combined with the Slavic suffix -ka.

Shaindy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Shayna.

Shaine f Yiddish
Variant of Shayna.

Sharna שארנא, טשארנא f Yiddish
Either a diminutive or variant of Tesharna

Shayhdel f Yiddish
Variant of Shaindel.

Shayndel f Yiddish
Diminutive of Shayna.

Shayne f Yiddish
Diminutive of Shayna.

Sheindel f Yiddish, Jewish
Variant of Shaindel.

Sheynah f Yiddish (Rare)
Variant transcription of Shayna.

Sheyve שבֿע f Yiddish
From Hebrew שֶׁבַע ‎(Sheva') meaning "seven" or possibly "oath" (cf. Elisheva, Batsheva). This was the birth name of Russian psychiatrist Sabina Spielrein (1885-1942).

Shiandel f Yiddish

Shimona שמעונה, שימאָנאַ f Hebrew, Yiddish
Feminine form of Shimon, possibly making it the Hebrew form of Simeona, Simona, or Simone 1.

Shlema f Yiddish
Polish Yiddish

Shoni שׁוֹנִי f Yiddish
Means "beautiful" in Yiddish.

Shosha f Jewish, Yiddish, Dutch (Rare), Literature
Yiddish diminutive of Shoshana.... [more]

Shterna f Yiddish
Variant of Sterna.

Shulamis f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish form of Shulamit.

Siene f Jewish, Yiddish

Sina f Russian (Archaic), Yiddish

Slowe f Yiddish

Sora f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Sarah.

Sorella f Yiddish (Archaic)
Diminutive of Sora.

Sosha f Jewish, Yiddish, Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Shosha. A known bearer of this name is the Dutch television presenter Sosha Duysker (b. 1991).

Sosya f Jewish (Russified), Yiddish (Russified), Russian (Rare)
Russian Jewish diminutive of Shoshana/Susanna as well as a regular Russian variant of Zosya.

Sprins f Yiddish (Archaic)
Dutch-Yiddish form of Shprintze (see also Sprinz and Sprinze).

Sprinz f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish
Medieval German-Yiddish variant of Sprinze.

Sprinze f Yiddish
German Yiddish variant of Shprintze.

Sterna f Jewish, Yiddish
From Yiddish shtern, "star". It is sometimes used as a Yiddish form of Esther.

Sura שרה f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Sarah.

Sury f Yiddish
Variant transcription of Suri.

Suse f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Zusa, recorded in 15th-century Frankfurt, Germany (see also Sisel).

Süsschen f Yiddish
Diminutive of Süsse.

Süsse f Yiddish

Szejna f Polish (Rare), Yiddish (Polonized)
Polonized form of Shayna. This was one of the most popular feminine names among Polish Jews in the 1920s and 1930s.

Szyfra f Yiddish
Polish-Yiddish form of Shifra.

Tana f Yiddish (?)

Tauba f Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Taube.

Taube f Yiddish (Archaic)
German-Yiddish form of Toiba. The name coincides with German Taube "dove".

Tavi f & m English (Rare), Yiddish
Feminine diminutive of David. Diminutive of Octavia. Variation of Tavish. ... [more]

Teibel טײַבל f Yiddish
Pet form of Teibe/Teiba, a variant of Toiba.

Teltse f Yiddish
Variant of Toltse.

Telze f Yiddish
Variant of Teltse.

Tema f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish form of Tamar.

Temerla f Yiddish
(Polish?) Yiddish diminutive of Tema. Found in Polish documents from the early 1800s.

Tesharna טשארנא f Yiddish
Elaboration of Charna

Tevel תבל m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare), Yiddish
Means "world", "universe" or "macrocosm" in Hebrew.

Tilla f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish form of Tehila.

Tille f Yiddish
Variation of Tehila.

Tirze f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Tirzah.

Toba f Yiddish, Jewish
Variant of Toiba.

Toltsa f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish form of Dolça.

Toltse f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Dolça.

Toltzy f Jewish, Yiddish
Variant of Toltsa.

Tölz f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Toltse. It was recorded in medieval Frankfurt, Germany.

Tosel f Jewish, Yiddish
Diminutive of Toltsa.

Trany f Yiddish
Diminutive of Treindel.

Treindel f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of Katharina.

Trostlin f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Derived from German Trost "solace; comfort". This name was occasionally given to a girl born into a grieving family.

Tsharna f Yiddish
See Tesharna

Tsvetle צוועטל f Yiddish
Slavicised form of Bluma, compare Russian цвето́к (cvetók) "flower" and Bulgarian Tsvetan.

Tyla f Yiddish
Variant of Tylla.

Tylla f Yiddish
Polish Yiddish variant of Tilla.

Tzeril f Yiddish
Tzeril is the Yiddish diminutive form of Sarah meaning 'princess'. When an 'e' is added to the end of the name, it adds the meaning 'little', which is an endearment.

Tzipa f Jewish, Yiddish
Translates to "pulp, flesh", as in the covering on a fruit. Also possibly a short form of Tzipora.

Tzipi f Jewish, Yiddish
Diminutive of Tziporah.

Tzitte f Yiddish
Means "energetic" in Yiddish.

Tzurtel f Yiddish (Anglicized)
Yiddish צערטל or צאַרטל from German Zart meaning tender or gentle.

Udel אָדל, אָדעל f Yiddish (Anglicized)
Either from the German Adel meaning "noble" or from Hodel a diminutive of Hudes. Udel (1720-1787), the righteous daughter of the Ba'al Shem Tov, was a historical bearer of this name.

Vardit f American, Yiddish, Hebrew
Diminutive of Varda, Vardina, or Vardiya.

Vardiya f American, Yiddish, Hebrew
Yiddish form of Vardina.

Veile f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Older form of Feile.

Vogel f Yiddish (Archaic)
Derived from Yiddish foigl "bird", the name was generally used as a vernacular form of Zipporah. It coincides with German Vogel "bird". It

Witla f Yiddish (?)
Presumably a (Polish?) Yiddish name, found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.

Yache f Jewish, Yiddish
Short form of Yachet or Yachna.

Yachet f Jewish, Yiddish
Some link this name to a pet form of Yocheved, while others say it is a Yiddish form of Jacinthe. See Yachna.

Yehudis f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish form of Yehudit.

Yenta f Yiddish (Americanized, Expatriate)
Americanized form of Yente.

Yetta f Yiddish, Jewish
Possibly a diminutive of Yehudit or Esther, or a variant of Etta.

Yides f Yiddish
Diminutive of Yehudis and Yehudit.

Yissl m & f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Joseph and Josephine.

Yita f Hebrew (Rare), Yiddish (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Yetta.

Yitta f Yiddish
Variant of Yetta.

Yitty f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Jutta or a diminutive of Yetta.

Yosefina f Yiddish

Zaerle f Yiddish, Medieval Jewish
German Yiddish diminutive of Sarah, first recorded between the late 1300s and early 1400s.

Zare f Yiddish

Zeldy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Zelda 1.

Zemira זמירה m & f Biblical, Yiddish, English
Feminine form of Zimri.

Zerla f Yiddish
Variant of Zaerle.

Zerlina f Literature, Theatre, Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Danish, German (Rare)
The name of a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' (1787), to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, which was based on the legend of Don Juan.... [more]

Zerline f German (Rare), French (Rare), Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Theatre
French form and German and Yiddish variant of Zerlina.... [more]

Zierle f Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Zaerle.

Zilla f Yiddish, German (Rare), Biblical German
German form of Zillah.

Zimle f Yiddish

Zirel f Yiddish

Zisa f Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish zis "sweet".

Zissel f Yiddish
Variant of Zisel.

Zissy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Zisel.

Zlate f Yiddish
Derived from the Slavic word zlato "gold", this was used as a symbolic name (compare Golda).

Zore f Yiddish

Zortel f Yiddish
Variant of Tzurtel.

Zysia f Yiddish
Polish Yiddish name, presumably related to Zysla. Found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.

Zysla זיסל f Yiddish
Polish-Yiddish variant of Zisel.