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Reposting what I said earlier...

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I think that Zissel could be for both sexes, but I've only seen him on girls. More common boy forms would be Suskind, Zusman, Sus...

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Check here:
http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model~GNDB_GERM~SUS~GT~!1!!2!!3!~0~USRECORD1624

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http://data.jewishgen.org/wconnect/wc.dll?jg~jgsearch~model~GNDB_GERM~ZUS~GT~!1!!2!!3!~0~USRECORD1560

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I think it is a legitimate Jewish name, although it would be good for a boy to have a Hebrew name too. Example: Shmuel Zissel.

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I had never heard of Zane as a Yiddish name, but I've just found that: http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=3358

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I hope it helps!

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Claire (Rahel Behira) :) :) :)