Contents of the article - Jewish names and surnames(male). The list will include only those having national roots, for about their variety there are jokes: "It is impossible to meet a thing that the Jew would not have picked up for himself under the surname".
Church Traditions
If the Orthodox used to visit the Holy Fathers earlier to choose a name for the newborn, the Jews always chose in three ways:
- Focusing on older relatives.
- In honor of your favorite biblical heroes.
- Stopping at the Hebrews of the righteous.
Kabbalah teaches that letters in a name are a link tospiritual forces, so in practice there are cases when seriously ill people are called double names, adding Chaim (life). In the books of Sholom Aleichem and Isaac Babel, such variants are found quite often. Sometimes European names are used, and next - translation. For example, Zeyev is Wolf.
A list of Jewish male names will includeonly Hebrew (or Yiddish), although since 1917 in Russia are allowed any. Everywhere Baruchi and Berla turned into Borisov, and Leibas - into Lviv. In other countries (Palestine) there were reverse processes, for which the state strictly followed. The name of the boys occurs during circumcision - on the eighth day from birth. Consider the most common Jewish male names.
List alphabetically (from A to M) with translation
- Aaron - "Mountain," brother of Moses, high priest.
- Abraham - is considered the forefather ("father of nations"). Allowed option - Abram.
- Adam - "Earth", in honor of the first person on Earth.
- Baruch - "Blessed", assistant prophet.
- Gad - "luck" son of Jacob.
- Gershom - "stranger", son of Moses.
- David - "beloved", a kind of Jewish kings came from him.
- Dov - «bear ", the personification of strength and dexterity.
- Zerah - "Shining," the son of Judah.
- Israzl - "struggling with God", the following options are acceptable: Yisroel, Israel.
- Yitzhak - "Preparing to laugh," the son of Abraham, whom he was preparing to sacrifice. Options - Itzik, Isaac.
The list of Jewish male names includes the most common, without borrowed.
- Joshua - "God, as salvation," a disciple of Moshe, conquered the lands of Israel.
- Yosef (Joseph) - "God", the son of Jacob, sold into slavery in Egypt.
- Jonathan - "Given by God", friend of David.
- Kalev - "heart", a scout sent to the land of Israel.
- Leib - "lion", is a symbol of Judah.
- Menachem - "comforter", the Jewish king.
- Michael - "like God," the messenger of God, called to protect the Jewish people.
- Moshe - "saved from the water," the greatest prophet. Options - Moshe, Moses.
The second part of the alphabet
- Nahum - "comforted", a small prophet. Option - Nahim.
- Nahshon - "predictor", son-in-law of Aaron, first entered the Red Sea.
- Noah - "peace," the righteous who escaped the flood.
- Ovadia "God's servant," the little prophet. Options - Obadiah, Obadiah.
- Pesach- "Missed", the name of Easter.
- Pinchas - "snake's mouth," the grandson of Aaron, who turned away the wrath of the Israelites.
- Raphael - "Healed by God," the angel of healing.
- Tanhum "Consolation," the wise man of the Talmud.
- Uriel - "my light is God", the name of the angel.
- Fived - "breast-fed" in Yiddish. Options - Fayvish, Feivish, Feish, Favish.
The list of Jewish male names on the last letters of the alphabet is the most significant, so we should focus on the most important.
- Hagai - "celebrating", a small prophet, the grandson of Jacob. Option - Hagi.
- Hanan - "pardoned", with him began the tribe Binyamin.
- Hanoch - "consecrated," the son of Cain.
- Zadok - "righteous", pacified the uprising against David.
- Zion - "superiority", is used as a synonym for Jerusalem.
- Cephania - "hidden by God", a small prophet.
- Shalom - "peace", the king of Israel. Shimon - "heard by God," the son of Jacob. Option - Simon.
- Shmuel - "the name of God," the prophet.
- Efraim - "prolific", the grandson of Jacob.
- Yaakov - "Overtaken", forefather. Options - Jacob, Jacob, Yankees, Yankel.
Borrowed names
Are there any borrowed Jewish male names?The list can be replenished with those that appeared in everyday life, until the Talmud played an important role. Calling the children in honor of relatives, the Jews contribute to their spread. From the Hebrew language came the names: Meir, Menuh, Nehama. The Babylonians brought Mordechai, Chaldeans - Atlaya and Bebai. Greek dominion gave the Jews a name Alexander (option - Cgender). The Georgian Jews appeared: Irakli, Guram; the Tajik - Bovozjon, Rubensivi, Estermo.
Their peculiarity is a small area of distribution.There are names that appeared because of the beliefs. So, the name Alter ("old man") called all the newborns, but a month later he was changed. It was believed that it protects from evil spirits.
Jewish surnames
The list of Jewish men's names is very important, because before the beginning of the XIX century they did not have names (in the Austrian Empire appeared in the late 18th century). How were they created?
- On behalf of the father or the biblical characters: Benjamin, Israel, David, Abram.
- From female names: Rivman (Riva's husband), Tsivyan (the name of Tzivya), Mirkin (Mirka).
- From the appearance or character of the possessor: Schwartz ("the black"), Weissbard ("White-bearded").
- From the profession: Rabinowicz ("rabbi"), Dayan ("judge").
- From geographical names: Lifshitz ("Silesian city"), Gurevich (Czech town).
- From any things that occur in life. They are called decorative: Bernstein ("amber"), Jaglom ("diamond").
As we have seen, the origin of the names are Jewish male names, the list of which is presented in the text.
