Shprintze
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: שפּרינצע(Yiddish)
Possibly a Yiddish form of
Esperanza. This is the name of Tevye's fourth daughter in the musical
Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on the late 19th-century Yiddish stories of Sholem Aleichem.
Yente
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Other Scripts: יענטע, יענטאַ(Yiddish)
From French gentille meaning "noble, aristocratic". This is the name of a gossipy matchmaker in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on late 19th-century stories by Sholem Aleichem. Due to the character, this name has also acquired the meaning "gossiper".