This is a list of submitted names in which the usage is Yiddish; and the first letter is F.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Faitel פיטל, פייטל m YiddishDerived from the Latin name
Vitalis, meaning "full of life". It came into use in Eastern Europe at the beginning of the 16th century.
Fanya פאַניע f YiddishFrom the Spanish
Estefania, brought to Eastern Europe by the Jews expelled from Spain during the Spanish Inquisition.
Frimet f YiddishPresumably a (Polish?) Yiddish name related to
Frima, found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.
Frommet f YiddishVariant of
Frumet and
Fromut. Alternately, this Yiddish name is derived from old provincial French, and refers to "a species of grape".
Frumka f Yiddish (Rare)Diminutive of
Fruma. A known bearer of this name was the Polish resistance fighter Frumka Płotnicka (1914-1943).