Yiddish Names. Names with Yiddish origin

Yiddish names. Names with Yiddish origin

AIZIK means: Yiddish form of Hebrew Yitzchak, AIZIK means "he will laugh." 

ALTER means: (אַלְתֵּר) Jewish name ALTER means "old; elder" in Yiddish and "the other" in Latin. Jewish parents of sickly babies used to give the child this name to confuse the Angel of Death.

ANSHEL means: (אַנְשֶׁעל) Yiddish pet form of Hebrew Asher, ANSHEL means "happy."

ARKE means: Yiddish form of Hebrew Aharown, ARKE means "light-bringer."

AVROM means: Variant spelling of Yiddish Avrum, AVROM means "father of a multitude." 

AVRUM means: (אַבְרוּם) Yiddish form of Hebrew Avraham, AVRUM means "father of a multitude." 

BENESH means: Yiddish form of Latin Benedictus, BENESH means "blessed." 

BER means: (בֶּער) Yiddish name derived from German baer, BER means "bear." It is often paired with Dov--for example, Ber Dov, Dovber--which also means "bear" in Hebrew and has been borne by many rabbis and Zionists.

CHASKEL means: (חַאסְקֶעל) Yiddish form of Hebrew Yechezkel (English Ezekiel), CHASKEL means "God will strengthen."

CHATZKEL means: (חַצְקֶעל) Variant spelling of Yiddish Chaskel, CHATZKEL means "God will strengthen."

Newly listed names

Zone is Surname or Lastname and has origin as Dutch. Zone means: Dutch : from zoon ‘son’, a distinguishing epithet for a son who shared the same personal name as his father.English (southwestern) : variant of Son.

Zane is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Zane means: English : unexplained.Italian (Venice and Mantua) and Greek (Zanes) : from a variant of the Venetian personal name Z(u)an(n)i ‘John’ (see Zani).Americanized spelling of German and Jewish Zahn.Robert Zane was a cloth maker of English origin, a founding member of the Quaker colony that was set up at Salem, NJ, in 1676.

Zachry is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Zachry means: English : variant of Zachary.

Zachery is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Zachery means: English : variant of Zachary.

Zachary is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English and Jewish. Zachary means: English and Jewish : from a vernacular form of the Biblical personal name Zacharias.

Youngs is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Youngs means: English : patronymic from Young.

Youngman is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Youngman means: English : from Middle English yunge man ‘young servant’.

Younger is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English (mainly Borders). Younger means: English (mainly Borders) : from Middle English yonger ‘younger’, hence a distinguishing name for, for example, the younger of two bearers of the same personal name. In one case, at least, however, the name is known to have been borne by an immigrant Fleming, and was probably an Americanized form of Middle Dutch jongheer ‘young nobleman’ (see Jonker).Americanized spelling of various cognate or like-sounding names in other languages, notably German Junger and Junker, or Dutch Jonker.

Young is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English, Scottish, and northern Irish. Young means: English, Scottish, and northern Irish : distinguishing name (Middle English yunge, yonge ‘young’), for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, usually distinguishing a younger brother or a son. In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article, for example Robert le Yunge.Americanization of a cognate, equivalent, or like-sounding surname in some other language, notably German Jung and Junk, Dutch De Jong, De Jongh and Jong, and French Lejeune and LaJeunesse.assimilated form of French Dion or Guyon.Chinese : see Yang.

Youmans is Surname or Lastname and has origin as English. Youmans means: English : variant of Yeomans.