Language Yiddish: Names And Words
| Description: | Yiddish, a language of the European jews, originated from a mix of Hebrew and German, since around the 13th century |
| Name | Group | Language of Origin | Languages of Use | Meaning/Translation or Related Words | US 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faivish | Phoebus | Old Greek | Yiddish | bright, pure | |
| Feivel | Phoebus | Old Greek | Yiddish | bright, pure | |
| Gavril | Gabriel/Gabriele | Hebrew | Yiddish | strong man of God, hero of God; God is my hero | |
| Haskel | Ezekiel | Hebrew | Yiddish | God strengthens | |
| Jankel | Jacob/Jacqueline/Jakoba | Hebrew | Yiddish | Yahweh may protect; holder of the heel; supplanter | |
| Mendel | Menahem | Hebrew | Yiddish | Words: comfort | |
| Selig | Selig/Zelda | Yiddish | Yiddish | blessed, happy | |
| Shaina | Shaina | Yiddish | Yiddish | the beautiful | |
| Shayna | Shaina | Yiddish | Yiddish | the beautiful | |
| Shmerel | Shemariah | Hebrew | Yiddish | guarded by Yahweh | |
| Yankel | Jacob/Jacqueline/Jakoba | Hebrew | Yiddish | Yahweh may protect; holder of the heel; supplanter | |
| Zelda | Selig/Zelda | Yiddish | Yiddish | blessed, happy | |
| Zelig | Selig/Zelda | Yiddish | Yiddish | blessed, happy |