Yiddish Submitted Names

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

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.

Yankiel m Yiddish (Rare, ?), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
May be a variant of Yankel.

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

Yosel m Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Yossel

Yosl m Yiddish (Rare)
a variant of Yosel

Ytzik m Yiddish, Jewish
Diminutive of Yitzhak, using the Yiddish diminutive suffix tzik. It was sometimes Anglicized as Izzy.

Yudke יודקע, יודקה m Yiddish (Rare)
diminutive of Yehudah... [more]

Zadek m Yiddish

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

Zare f Yiddish

Zeidel m Yiddish
Zeidel's language of origin is Yiddish and it is also used mainly in the Yiddish language.

Zeldy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Zelda 1.

Zelik m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Meaning "Blessed" or "Holy", the name is derived from the Yiddish word Zelig. Prominently used by Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora within Eastern Europe. It is dated.

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]

Zeyde זיידע m Yiddish
Means "grandfather" in Yiddish.... [more]

Zierle f Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Zaerle.

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

Zimle f Yiddish

Zindel m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Alexander.

Zirel f Yiddish

Zisa f Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish zis "sweet".

Ziskind m Yiddish (Rare)
Means "sweet kid" in Yiddish... [more]

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.

Zusia זושא, זישא, זושיה, זוסיא m Yiddish
Might be a pet form of Ziskind, Zusman or any male name being in זוס meaning "sweet"

Zyndel זינדל m Yiddish
Variant of Zindel

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.

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