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Süßmann m Yiddish (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
Dithematic early Yiddish name formed from the Middle High German Süß meaning "Sweet" and Mann "Man"

Sussmann m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Derived from Süßmann

Szejna f Polish (Rare), Yiddish (Polonized)
Polonized form of Shayna. This was one of the most popular feminine names among Polish Jews in the 1920s and 1930s.

Szem m Yiddish

Szije m Yiddish
Eastern European - Finnish/ Polish/ Czech?

Szlomo m Yiddish (Polonized)
Polish form of Solomon, used by Polish Jews.

Szmuel m Yiddish (Polonized)
Polish form of Shmuel, used by Polish Jews.

Szmul m Yiddish
Shmuel, Samuel (his name is God).

Szterna f Yiddish (Polonized)
a Polonized form of Sterna

Szyfra f Yiddish
Polish-Yiddish form of Shifra.

Tana f Yiddish (?)

Tauba f Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Taube.

Taube f Yiddish (Archaic)
German-Yiddish form of Toiba. The name coincides with German Taube "dove".

Tavi f & m English (Rare), Yiddish
Feminine diminutive of David. Diminutive of Octavia. Variation of Tavish. ... [more]

Teibel טײַבל f Yiddish
Pet form of Teibe/Teiba, a variant of Toiba.

Teltse f Yiddish
Variant of Toltse.

Telze f Yiddish
Variant of Teltse.

Tema f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish form of Tamar.

Temerla f Yiddish
(Polish?) Yiddish diminutive of Tema. Found in Polish documents from the early 1800s.

Tesharna טשארנא f Yiddish
a transcription of Charna reflecting the Yiddish spelling

Teuber m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Masculine form of Taube (See Toiba)

Tev טבֿ m Yiddish (Rare)
Diminutive of Tevye.

Tevel תבל m & f Hebrew (Modern, Rare), Yiddish
Means "world", "universe" or "macrocosm" in Hebrew.

Tilla f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish form of Tehila.

Tille f Yiddish
Variation of Tehila.

Tirze f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Tirzah.

Toba f Yiddish, Jewish
Variant of Toiba.

Todrus טוֹדרוֹס m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Theodore. This name was originally used to translate Nathan and Jonathan.

Toltsa f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish form of Dolça.

Toltse f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Dolça.

Toltzy f Jewish, Yiddish
Variant of Toltsa.

Tölz f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Toltse. It was recorded in medieval Frankfurt, Germany.

Tosel f Jewish, Yiddish
Diminutive of Toltsa.

Trany f Yiddish
Diminutive of Treindel.

Treindel f Jewish, Yiddish
Yiddish diminutive of Katharina.

Trostlin f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Derived from German Trost "solace; comfort". This name was occasionally given to a girl born into a grieving family.

Tsharna f Yiddish
See Tesharna

Tsvetle צוועטל f Yiddish
Slavicised form of Bluma, compare Russian цвето́к (cvetók) "flower" and Bulgarian Tsvetan.

Tyla f Yiddish
Variant of Tylla.

Tylla f Yiddish
Polish Yiddish variant of Tilla.

Tzeril f Yiddish
Tzeril is the Yiddish diminutive form of Sarah meaning 'princess'. When an 'e' is added to the end of the name, it adds the meaning 'little', which is an endearment.

Tzipa f Jewish, Yiddish
Translates to "pulp, flesh", as in the covering on a fruit. Also possibly a short form of Tzipora.

Tzipi ציפי f Hebrew, Yiddish
Diminutive of Tzipporah. A notable bearer is Israeli politician Tziporah 'Tzipi' Livni (1958-).

Tzitte f Yiddish
Means "energetic" in Yiddish.

Tzurtel f Yiddish (Anglicized)
Yiddish צערטל or צאַרטל from German Zart meaning tender or gentle.

Udel אָדל, אָדעל f Yiddish (Anglicized)
Either from the German Adel meaning "noble" or from Hodel a diminutive of Hudes. Udel (1720-1787), the righteous daughter of the Ba'al Shem Tov, was a historical bearer of this name.

Vardit f American, Yiddish, Hebrew
Diminutive of Varda, Vardina, or Vardiya.

Vardiya f American, Yiddish, Hebrew
Yiddish form of Vardina.

Veile f Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Older form of Feile.

Viol m Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Feyel, recorded in medieval Frankfurt, Germany.

Vogel f Yiddish (Archaic)
Derived from Yiddish foigl "bird", the name was generally used as a vernacular form of Zipporah. It coincides with German Vogel "bird". It

Welwel m Yiddish (Polonized)
a variant of Velvel

Witla f Yiddish (?)
Presumably a (Polish?) Yiddish name, found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.

Wölflein וולפלין m Yiddish (Archaic), Medieval Jewish
An archaic diminutive of Wolf

Yache f Jewish, Yiddish
Short form of Yachet or Yachna.

Yachet f Jewish, Yiddish
Some link this name to a pet form of Yocheved, while others say it is a Yiddish form of Jacinthe. See Yachna.

Yankiel m Yiddish (Rare, ?), Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
May be a variant of Yankel.

Yehudis f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Yehudit.

Yenta f Yiddish (Americanized, Expatriate)
Americanized form of Yente.

Yetta f Yiddish
Possibly a diminutive of Yehudit or Esther, or a variant of Etta.

Yides f Yiddish
Diminutive of Yehudis and Yehudit.

Yissl m & f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Joseph and Josephine.

Yita f Hebrew (Rare), Yiddish (Rare)
Possibly a variant of Yetta.

Yitta f Yiddish
Variant of Yetta.

Yitty f Yiddish
Yiddish form of Jutta or a diminutive of Yetta.

Yosefina f Yiddish

Yosel m Yiddish (Rare)
Variant of Yossel

Yoselmann m Medieval Jewish, Yiddish (Archaic)
an elaboration of Josel combined with the diminutive medieval German suffix mann

Yosl m Yiddish (Rare)
a variant of Yosel (see Yosel influenced by Polish (Yiddish) pronunciation

Ytzik m Yiddish, Jewish
Diminutive of Yitzhak, using the Yiddish diminutive suffix tzik. It was sometimes Anglicized as Izzy.

Yudke יודקע, יודקה m Yiddish (Rare)
A diminutive of Yehudah, making it a masculine equivalent of Yutke.

Zadek m Yiddish

Zaerle f Yiddish, Medieval Jewish
German Yiddish diminutive of Sarah, first recorded between the late 1300s and early 1400s.

Zare f Yiddish

Zeidel m Yiddish
Zeidel's language of origin is Yiddish and it is also used mainly in the Yiddish language.

Zeldy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Zelda 1.

Zelik m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Meaning "Blessed" or "Holy", the name is derived from the Yiddish word Zelig. Prominently used by Ashkenazi Jewish diaspora within Eastern Europe. It is dated.

Zelman m Yiddish
Variant of Zalman.

Zemira זמירה m & f Biblical, Yiddish, English
Feminine form of Zimri.

Zerla f Yiddish
Variant of Zaerle.

Zerle f Yiddish
a Judeo-German spelling of Zirel

Zerlina f Literature, Theatre, Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Danish, German (Rare)
The name of a character in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera 'Don Giovanni' (1787), to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte, which was based on the legend of Don Juan.... [more]

Zerline f German (Rare), French (Rare), Yiddish (Rare, Archaic), Theatre
French form and German and Yiddish variant of Zerlina.... [more]

Zeyde זיידע m Yiddish
Means "grandfather" in Yiddish.... [more]

Zierle f Yiddish (Archaic)
Variant of Zaerle.

Zilla f Yiddish, German (Rare), Biblical German
German form of Zillah.

Zimle f Yiddish

Zindel m Yiddish
Yiddish form of Alexander.

Zirel f Yiddish

Zisa f Yiddish
Derived from Yiddish zis "sweet".

Ziskind m Yiddish (Rare, Archaic)
Means "sweet kid" in Yiddish, derived from Süsskind.

Zissel f Yiddish
Variant of Zisel.

Zissy f Yiddish
Diminutive of Zisel.

Zlate f Yiddish
Derived from the Slavic word zlato "gold", this was used as a symbolic name (compare Golda).

Zore f Yiddish

Zortel f Yiddish
Variant of Tzurtel.

Zusia זושא, זישא, זושיה, זוסיא m Yiddish
Might be a pet form of Ziskind, Zusman or any male name being in זוס meaning "sweet"

Zyndel זינדל m Yiddish
Variant of Zindel

Zysia f Yiddish
Polish Yiddish name, presumably related to Zysla. Found in documents from the early 1800s regarding contemporary Yiddish-speakers in Poland.

Zyskind m Yiddish (Polonized)
Polish transcription of Ziskind

Zysla זיסל f Yiddish
Polish-Yiddish variant of Zisel.

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