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Meaning & History
Means "grandfather" in Yiddish.
This is a so-called amuletic name which was given to a child who was ill, or one whose parents had lost children before. It was chosen in the hope that the child would live to be a grandfather.
This is a so-called amuletic name which was given to a child who was ill, or one whose parents had lost children before. It was chosen in the hope that the child would live to be a grandfather.