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Pages in category "Surnames of Jewish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,460 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Some traditional surnames relate to Jewish history or roles within the religion, such as Cohen ("priest"), Levi, Shulman ("synagogue-man"), Sofer ("scribe"), or Kantor ("cantor"), while many others relate to a secular occupation or place names. The majority of Jewish surnames used today developed in the past three hundred years.
Baruchyan. Barzilai. Behar (surname) Ben. Ben Asher (surname) Ben Gurion (disambiguation) Ben Haim. Ben Itzhak. Ben Shabbethai.
Russian-Jewish surnames (22 P) Y. Yiddish-language surnames (526 P) Pages in category "Ashkenazi surnames"
Pages in category "Polish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,950 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
It also serves as an indication in the English Wikipedia to potentially point out articles on family names that may need to be created. If you or your relatives live in Ukraine, go ahead and add your surname to the list. Please list the surnames in alphabetical order, according to Ukrainian Cyrillic.
The Hebrew name is a Jewish practice rooted in the practices of early Jewish communities and Judaism. [4] This Hebrew name is used for religious purposes, such as when the child is called to read the Torah at their b'nei mitzvah. The baby's name is traditionally announced during the brit milah (circumcision ceremony) for male babies, typically ...
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic , Lithuanian and Latvian surnames ), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.