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7/19/2016, 10:30 PM SeaHorse15
3/14/2015, 2:43 PM Frollein Gladys
7/17/2009, 6:49 AM Just Jonquil

Name Cerf
Gender Masculine
Usage Medieval French, Medieval Jewish
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

Means "stag (a large buck or male deer)" in French. Cerf sometimes appears in historical documents concerned with the Jews of Alsace and early modern France; it was a local translation of the Yiddish HIRSH, meaning "deer", the Hebrew equivalent of which is ZVI.
Added 7/17/2009 by Just Jonquil