Browse Names

This is a list of names in which the usage is Yiddish; and the relationship is from different language.
gender
usage
form
Anshel אַנשיל m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish form of Anselm, used as a vernacular form of Asher.
Avrum אַבֿרהם m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Abraham.
Bashe בַּאשֶׁע f Yiddish
Diminutive of Batyah.
Benesh בענעש m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish form of Benedict.
Chatzkel חאַצקל m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Ezekiel.
Dovid דוד m Yiddish
Yiddish form of David.
Elke 2 אלקה f Yiddish
Yiddish feminine form of Elkanah.
Faivish פֿייװיש, פייבישׁ m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish form of Phoebus, apparently used as a translation of Shimshon (see Samson).
Feivush פֿייװוּש, פייבוּשׁ m Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Faivish.
Gavrel גבֿרעל m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Gabriel.
Haskel האַסקל m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Ezekiel.
Henda הענדע, הענדאַ f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Hannah.
Hene הענע f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Hannah.
Henye העניע f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Hannah.
Heshel העשל, השׁל m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Yehoshua.
Hode האָדע f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish short form of Hadassah.
Iser איסר m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish variant of Israel.
Kapel קאַפּל m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Yaakov.
Koppel קאָפּל m Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of Jacob.
Lazer לייזער m Yiddish
Yiddish variant of Eliezer. This is the name of a character in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964).
Mendel מענדל, מֶנְדְל m Yiddish
Originally this was probably a Yiddish diminutive of Manno. It is now used as a diminutive of Menahem.
Mirele מירעלע f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Miriam.
Moishe משה m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Moses.
Motel מאָטל m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Mordecai. This is the name of a character in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964).
Motke מאָטקע m Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of Mordecai.
Nosson נתן m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Naṯan (see Nathan).
Rifka ריפֿקאַ f Yiddish
Yiddish variant of Rivka.
Rochel רחל f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Rachel.
Sender סענדער, סנדר m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Alexander.
Shimmel שימל m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Shimon.
Shprintza שפּרינצאַ f Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Shprintze.
Shprintze שפּרינצע f Yiddish (Rare)
Possibly a Yiddish form of Esperanza. This is the name of Tevye's fourth daughter in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on the late 19th-century Yiddish stories of Sholem Aleichem.
Suri שרה f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Sarah.
Tevye טבֿיה m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish form of Tobiah. This is the name of the central character in stories written by the Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem in the late 19th century, as well as the later musical adaptation Fiddler on the Roof (1964).
Tzeitel צייטל f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Sarah. This is the name of Tevye's oldest daughter in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on Sholem Aleichem's stories from the late 19th century.
Yankel יאַנקל m Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of Jacob.
Yisroel ישראל m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Israel.
Yossel יאָסל m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Joseph.
Yudel יודאל m Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Judah.
Yudes יודעס f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish short form of Judith.
Yutke יוטקע f Yiddish (Rare)
Yiddish diminutive of Judith.
Zalman זלמן m Yiddish
Yiddish variant of Solomon.