Yiddish-language surnames

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Kleiner () is a German or Jewish surname, meaning "smaller", "lesser", or "minor":

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Greenspan is a typically Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It is the anglicized form of the Yiddish surname Grünspan (, actually referring to Copper(II) acetate which was commonly known as "Spanish green"). Cognate are the surnames Grynszpan, Grinszpan and Grinshpan (Poland, Romania, Hungary).

Sandler () is a Yiddish family name. A rarer variant is Sendler.

Bernstein is a common surname of German origin, meaning "amber" (literally "burn stone"). The name is used by both Germans and Jews, although it is most common among people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. The German pronunciation is , but in English, it is pronounced either as or .

Goldenberg is a surname of Jewish-Austrian or Jewish Romanian origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Schneersohn (or Schneerson) is a Jewish surname used by many of the descendants of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.

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Jaffe and its variant spellings Jaffé, Yaffe and Yaffé () are Hebrew-language surnames.

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Edelstein is the German word for "gemstone". Edelstein is also a surname of German origin which means "noble stone" or in its literal sense "precious stone".

Levitt is an English variant Anglo-Norman surname or an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, and can refer to:

Rosenstock is a surname of German origin (Rosenstock meaning rosebush in German). Notable people with the surname include:

Rosenzweig, or Rosensweig is a German surname meaning "rose twig or branch". Notable people with the surname include: Alyssa Rosenzweig, software developer Barney Rosenzweig (born 1937), American television producer Cynthia E. Rosenzweig, American scientist and climatologist Dan Rosensweig, American business executive Ferdinand von Rosenzweig, Austrian military officer Franz Rosenzweig (1887–1929), German philosopher Gerson Rosenzweig (1861–1914), writer and poet Harry Rosen (born 1931, originally Rosenzweig), Canadian menswear storefounder Jake Rosenzweig (born 1989), American racin

Miers is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Alf Miers (1869–1944), australian rules footballer Sir Anthony Miers (1906–1985), Royal Navy admiral Sir David Miers (born 1937), British ambassador Earl Schenck Miers (1910–1972), American historian Edward J. Miers (1851–1930), English zoologist Gryan Miers (born 1999), Australian rules football player Harriet Miers (born 1945), American lawyer and Supreme Court nominee Henry Alexander Miers (1858–1942), British mineralogist and crystallographer John Miers (disambiguation), various people Marcos Miers (born 1990), Paraguayan footballer

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Resnick is a Yiddish surname, a variant of Reznik, Risikoff. People with the surname include:

Gelfand is a surname meaning "elephant" in the Yiddish language, and may refer to:

Kovner is a surname of Yiddish origin, meaning "a person from the city of Kovne" (now Kaunas Lithuania).

__NOTOC__ Freund (German for friend) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Levitsky is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Segal, and its variants including Sagal, Segel, Sigal or Siegel, is a family name which is primarily Ashkenazi Jewish.

Alterman is a surname of German and also Yiddish origin, meaning "old man". Notable people of the surname include the following:

Goldschmidt is a German surname meaning "Goldsmith". Notable people with the surname include:

Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Spiro, Sapiro, Szapiro/Szpiro in Polish and Chapiro in French (more at "See also"), is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname.

Kravits, Kravitz, Krawitz, Kravit, and variant spellings are Yiddish occupational surnames derived from the Ukrainian word кравець (see Kravets), "tailor". They are related to the Polish name Krawiec, and Kravets.

Rabinowitz (also Rabinowicz) (רבינוביץ), is a Polish-Lithuanian Ashkenazi Jewish surname, Slavic for "son of the rabbi". The Russian equivalents are Rabinovich or Rabinovitch.

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Nudelman may refer to:

Hoffman is a surname of German origin. The original meaning in medieval times was "steward", i.e. one who manages the property of another. In English and other European languages, including Yiddish and Dutch, the name can also be spelled Hoffmann, Hofmann, Hofman, Huffman, and Hofmans.

Rosen is a surname of German and Ashkenazi Jewish origin, the name deriving from the German word for roses. It may also refer to:

Levitin (masculine) or Levitina (feminine) is a Russian Jewish surname (Леви́тин). It may refer to:

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Goldmann is the surname of several people: Erich Goldmann, German ice hockey player Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009), German composer and conductor Hans Goldmann (1899–1991), Swiss ophthalmologist Lucien Goldmann, French philosopher and sociologist Maximilian Goldmann, real name of Max Reinhardt, Austrian theatre director Nahum Goldmann, former president of the World Jewish Congress Ulrike Goldmann, singer for German band Blutengel Stefan Goldmann (born 1978), German-Bulgarian DJ and composer of electronic music

Reichmann or Reichman (, ) is a German and Yiddish surname. The name means that somebody is a very wealthy (rich) man; (reich = rich and mann = man) in German.

Halperin (sometimes spelled as Halparin or Hailperin) is a variation of the Jewish surname Heilprin. Both forms are Southern Yiddish for Heilbrun, that is the German city Heilbronn. The name is sometimes transliterated into the Cyrillic alphabet as Galperin (the Russian letter Ge used to be pronounced closer to German H in many words).

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Fridman (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Horovitz is one of the variants of a surname originating in the Jewish community of Bohemia – bearers of that surname apparently migrated in the Middle Ages from a small town Hořovice in Bohemia (today the Czech Republic). For detailed historical background see the Horowitz page. It can also be a non-Jewish surname as well.

Soloveitchik ( ) (also Soloveichik) is a surname. The name is a diminutive form of the Russian word соловей, "nightingale", since the Soloveitchiks are a family of Levites, who are commanded by the Torah to sing in the Beit Hamikdash. It is notably the name of a rabbinic family descended from Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) (1820-1892). Members include:

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.

Halberstam (‎, ‎) is a Jewish surname, used by several branches of the Halberstadt family.

Siegel (also Segal, Segali or Segel), is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Alternate spellings include Sigel, Sigl, Siegl, and others.

Apfelbaum () is a German and Jewish surname. It may refer to:

Cohn is a Jewish surname (related to the last name Cohen). Notable people and characters with the surname include: Al Cohn (1925–1988), American jazz saxophonist, arranger and composer Alan D. Cohn, American government official Alfred A. Cohn (1880–1951), American screenwriter Alice Cohn (1914–2000), German graphic artist Art Cohn (1909–1958), American sportswriter, screenwriter and author Arthur Cohn (1927–2025), Swiss film producer Arthur Cohn (rabbi) (1862–1926), Swiss Orthodox rabbi Arthur Cohn (1894–1940), mathematician known for Cohn's irreducibility criterion Avern Cohn (1924–2

Rosenthal is a German and Jewish surname meaning "rose valley". The Lithuanized form is 'Rosenthalis'. Notable people with the name include:

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Szwarc is a Polonized-Yiddish version of the German surname Schwartz.

Fishbein and Fishbeyn () (literally fish + bone), ("whalebone") is a Yiddish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anna Fishbeyn (born 1983), Russian-American actress, writer, and filmmaker Alexander Fishbein (born 1968), chess player Anne Fishbein (born 1958), American photographer Craig C. Fishbein Frieda Fishbein Harry Fishbein (1896–1976), American bridge player Jonathan Fishbein, American physician Lillian Desow-Fishbein Martin Fishbein (1936–2009), American social psychologist Morris Fishbein (1889–1976), physician Moysey Fishbein, Ukrainian journalist Susie Fishbei

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Levitzky is a surname descending from the name Lev, East Slavic form of Leo. Notable people with the surname include:

Schlesinger is a German surname (in part also Jewish) meaning "Silesian" and may refer to: Adam Schlesinger (1967–2020), American composer and musician Adolf Martin Schlesinger (1769–1838), German founder of A.M. Schlesingers Musikhandlung Alan Schlesinger (born 1960), American politician and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Connecticut in 2006 Alice Schlesinger (born 1988), Israeli Olympic judoka Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Sr. (1888–1965), American historian and professor at Harvard University Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (1917–2007), son of the above, American historian, soc

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Rothschild () is a name derived from the German zum rothen Schild (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "at the red shield", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs with different symbols or colors, not numbers. The name Rothschild in Yiddish means "red coat" (coat as in heraldic coat of arms). The Rothschild banking family's coat of arms features in the center of its heraldry a red shield.