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page 1Jewish matronymic surnames
Brainin
Brainin is a Jewish matronymic surname literally meaning "son of Braina", the latter name is one of multiple variants derived from the color "brown". Transliterated from Russian, it may be spelled as Braynin. Notable people with the surname include:
Malkin
Malkin as a surname may refer to:
Hanson
family name
Shifrin
Shifrin, Shiffrin, Schifrin and Schiffrin ( shifrin, Šifrín) is an Eastern Ashkenaz Jewish matronymic surname of Yiddish origin. Shifrin derives from the Yiddish female personal שפרה shifre (Shifre), from Hebrew שִׁפְרָה šīp̄ərā, shifrá (Shifra) 'beauty, grace' (see Shiphrah, a Biblical name). It is formed with the Slavic possessive suffix -in. Slavic-type feminine forms of the surname are created by adding the suffix -a: Shifrina, etc. Notable people with the surname include:
Temkin
Temkin, Tyomkin, or Tiomkin (feminine: Temkina, Tyomkina, Temkina, or Tiomkina) are different transliterations of a Russian-language surname .
Fradkin
Fradkin () is a Yiddish family name. It may refer to one of the following persons:
Feigin
Feigin (Feygin, Fejgin, Faygin) is a Jewish surname. It is a matronymic surname derived from the Yiddish female name Feig, Feige, Feiga. "Feigins" is the legal Latvian spelling of the surname according to the law on Latvian names.
Dvorkin
family name (Дворкин)
Fradkov
Fradkov (masculine, ) or Fradkova (feminine, ) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Basin
family name
Minkin
Minkin is a surname that originates from the former Russian Empire. It can be found among people of various religious and ethnic backgrounds. Its origin is not necessarily tied to a single cultural or linguistic root, but rather reflects the diverse population of the Russian Empire, where many different communities coexisted. Notable people with the surname include:
Frumkin
Frumkin (, , ) is a surname. Frumkina is the female form. Notable people with the surname include: