Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Judeo-Spanish Scripts צרפתי(Hebrew) Pronounced Pron. /tsaʁ.fa.ˈti/(Hebrew) /saʁ.fa.ti/(French) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Hebrew צרפתית (tsar'fatit) meaning "French". It was originally used to refer to the Biblical place name Tzarfat, which has come to be identified as modern-day France.