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

Abettan Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Bettan.

Newberg Jewish (Americanized)
Americanized form of Neuberg, an ornamental Jewish name meaning "new mountain" in German.

Zilberman זילבערמאן Jewish
From nickname meaning "silver man", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and מאן (man), possibly a nickname for a person with grey hair.

Ginsberg Jewish
Ornamental varient of Ginsburg

Offenbach German, Jewish
From the name of the city of Offenbach am Main in Hesse, Germany. A famous bearer was the German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880).

Bourgel בורג'יל Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Abergel.

Toubiana טוביאנה Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Tubiana.

Kösen Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Chaim, Joachim, Yosef.... [more]

Krief קריאף Judeo-Spanish
From Arabic خريف (kharif) meaning "lamb" (a dialectal word).

Margolin מרגולין Jewish
Derived from Hebrew מרגלית (margalit) meaning "pearl".

Dinkin Jewish (Ashkenazi)
Metronymic with the addition of the Slavic possessive suffix -in, derived from the Yiddish female personal name Dinke, a hypocoristic form of Biblical Dinah, that in turn, derived from Hebrew dina, meaning “judged” or “vindicated”.

Golan Jewish
Israeli ornamental name from the Golan Heights in Israel.

Torjman טורדגימן Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Tordjman.

Abramowitz Jewish
(Eastern Ashkenazic): patronymic from Abram, a reduced form of the personal name Abraham.

Krawchek Jewish

Weiler German, Jewish
Habitational name from any of several places so named in southern Germany. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Weil.

Auerbach German, Jewish
Topographical name for someone who lived by a stream (Middle High German bach) that was near a swamp or marsh (auer).

Krengel German, Jewish
An occupational name for a pastry chef from Middle High German krengel German kringel "(cake) ring doughnut". As a Jewish name this may also have been adopted as artificial name.

Zeldin Jewish
Means "son of Zelde", a Yiddish female personal name based on Middle High German sælde "fortunate, blessed".

Grunwald German, German (Swiss), Jewish
German and Swiss German (Grünwald): habitational name from any of various places named Grün(e)wald, from Middle High German gruene ‘green’ + walt ‘wood’, ‘forest’. ... [more]

Ellenberg German, Jewish, German (Swiss)
Derived from two municipalities and a village called Ellenberg in Germany. As an ornamental name, it is derived from German ölenberg, literally meaning "olive mountain".

Lämmle German, Jewish
Derived from German lamm meaning "lamb", a nickname for a meek and inoffensive person or a shepherd.

Itzkowitz Jewish, Polish, German

Bock German, Upper German, Jewish, English
Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach 1.... [more]

Climber Hebrew

Avitov אֲבִיטוֹב Hebrew (Modern, Rare)
Means "my father is good", from Hebrew ’av meaning "father" and tov meaning "good".

Goldbergs German (East Prussian), Latvian, Jewish
Latvian variant of Goldberg.

Portugal Spanish, Portuguese, English, Catalan, French, Jewish
Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English, French, and Jewish surname meaning ethnic name or regional name for someone from Portugal or who had connections with Portugal. The name of the country derives from Late Latin Portucale, originally denoting the district around Oporto (Portus Cales, named with Latin portus ‘port’, ‘harbor’ + Cales, the ancient name of the city)... [more]

Zalman זלמן Yiddish
From the given name Zalman, a Yiddish diminutive of Solomon.

Moskal Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish
Originally denoted a person who was an inhabitant of the Grand Principality of Moscow during the 12th to 15th centuries or someone who was Russian or Russian-like, derived from Russian москаль (moskalʹ) "Muscovite", from Old Ruthenian москаль (moskal')... [more]

Mansberger German, Yiddish, Jewish
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Benhamou בן חמו Arabic (Maghrebi), Judeo-Spanish
Means "son of Hamou", from a diminutive of Muhammad (among Muslims) or Chaim (among Jews).

Vanunu ואנונו Judeo-Spanish
Hebrew transcription of Ouanounou.

Tkach Jewish
Ashkenazi Jewish and Ukrainian surname meaning tailor.

Kober German, Jewish (Ashkenazi)
From Middle High German kober "basket". This was used as either an occupational name for a basket maker or a nickname for someone who carried a basket on his back.

Assulin אסולין Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Assouline.

Shalev שלו Jewish
From the given name Shalev.

Romanoff Russian (Americanized), Jewish
Americanised form of Romanov.

Aaronson Jewish
Aaronson is a patronymic surname from the personal name Aaron.

Ginzburg German, Jewish
Variant of Ginsberg

Mirkin Jewish
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Mirke, a pet form of the Biblical Hebrew name Miryam.

Ben Shimon בן שמעון Jewish
Means "son of Shimon" in Hebrew.

Las Polish, Jewish (Ashkenazi, ?)
From Polish las, meaning "forest, wood".

Bruck Jewish
From Polish, Belorussian, or Yiddish bruk "pavement", possibly an occupational name for a paver.

Hofstadter Jewish
Derived from the German towns of Hofstetten, Franconia and Hofstaedt, Pomerania. In German, the suffix -er means "from".... [more]

Gotlibe גאָטליבע Yiddish
Yiddish form of Gottlieb.

Miliband Jewish
This is the surname of British Labour Party politicians Ed and David Miliband, who are ethnically Jewish.

Abtan אבטן Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Bettan.

Cacoub Judeo-Spanish
Derived from Arabic كوكب (kawkab) meaning "star" (with the votive meaning of "lucky star").

Even אבן Hebrew
Means "stone" in Hebrew.

Hornshteyn האָרנשטיין Yiddish
It literally means "hornstone".

Bleiberg Jewish, German
Means "lead hill" in German. Can be a toponymic name, likely from a place involved in lead mining, or an ornamental name.

Zharskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Żarski.

Guth Jewish
Variant of Gut.

Shemla שמלא Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Chemla.

Guggenheimer Jewish
Originally indicated a person from either Gougenheim in Alsace or Jugenheim in Hesse, perhaps meaning "home of Gogo(n)". Gogo(n) is a Germanic personal name

Vayseblum ווײַסעבלום Yiddish
It literally means "white flower"

Goldstein גולדשטיין Jewish
Means "gold stone" in German.

Elkrieff אלקריף Judeo-Spanish
Variant of Krief.

Abouaf אבואף Judeo-Spanish
From the name of the town of Oum El Abouab in Zaghouan governorate, Tunisia.

Geller Yiddish, German, Russian
The name may derive from the German word "gellen" (to yell) and mean "one who yells." It may derive from the Yiddish word "gel" (yellow) and mean the "yellow man" or from the Yiddish word "geler," an expression for a redheaded man... [more]

Knoll English, German, Jewish
English and German topographic name for someone living near a hilltop or mountain peak, from Middle English knolle ‘hilltop’, ‘hillock’ (Old English cnoll), Middle High German knol ‘peak’... [more]

Schifer German, Jewish
Variant of Schiff

Reinhard German, Jewish
From the given name Reinhard.

Pokatskiy m Russian, Polish (Russified), Jewish
Russian form of Pokacki.

Dantzscher Jewish
Swiss Austrian Jewish origin ... [more]

Granov Jewish, Bosnian
Habitational name from Granov, Ukraine.... [more]

Peskowitz Jewish

Ifergan איפרגן Judeo-Spanish
From the name of the village of Ifergan in Morocco, itself derived from Tamazight afrag meaning "enclosed place, cloister".

Semo Judeo-Italian (Italianized, Archaic)
Semo whose meaning can be Simas or simeon or simão or corruptions of onesimus

Ryakhovskiy m Russian, Jewish

Slowik Polish, Jewish
Nickname for someone with a mellifluous voice or a night-time reveler. From Polish slowik "nightingale".

Zafri צפרי Hebrew
From the name Ẓafār (Arabic: ظفار), also Romanized Dhafar or Dhofar, is an ancient Himyarite site situated in Yemen, some 130 km south-south-east of today's capital, Sana'a (Arabic: صَنْعَاء)... [more]

Mezvinsky Jewish (Rare)

Ben Shushan בן שושן Hebrew
Means "son of the lily" in Hebrew.

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