Banach is a Jewish surname of Ashkenazi origin believed to stem from the translation of the phrase "son of man", combining the Hebrew word ben and Arameic nasha ("man"). Worth mentioning is how the Sephardic surname Banache presents a variant with the -ache alternative ultima, common in other Jewish surnames such as Farache, Ayache, Nakache, Harache or Marrache.
Bialik was originally a Polish/Czech surname before it was adopted by the Ashkenazi Jewish population. The name probably originated from the Polish word Biały used a nickname for a blond or unusually pale person. People with this name include:
Leon Wieseltier is an American critic and magazine editor. From 1983 to 2014, he was the literary editor of The New Republic. He was a contributing editor and critic at The Atlantic until 2017, when the magazine fired him following allegations and an admission by Wieseltier of multiple instances of sexual harassment. In 2020, he became the editor of Liberties, a quarterly literary review.
Reimann is a German and Jewish surname, also Reiman, Reinman. Notable people with the surnames include:
Abramsky or Abramski is a variation of a patronymic surname meaning "son of Abram", the Biblical figure. The name is most prevalent among Jews. Notable people with the surname include:
Eisler is a Jewish surname of German origin that may refer to:
The name Portnoy, sometimes spelled Portnoi, is a Jewish surname of Russian origin. The Russian word 'портной' translates as 'tailor'. The name may refer to:
Weisz is a Hungarian surname of German and Jewish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Cohen, also spelled Cohn, Kohn, or Kahn, is a surname of Yehudi, Samaritan and Biblical origins. It is a very common Jewish surname, and the following information discusses only that origin. Cohen is one of the four Samaritan last names that exist in the modern day. Many Jewish immigrants entering the United States or United Kingdom changed their name from Cohen to Cowan, as Cowan was a Scottish name. The name "Cohen" is also used as a given name.
Bielski is a Polish spelling of the Slavic surname Belsky. The Lithuanized form is Bielskis/Bielskiene/Bielskytė, Latvian: Beslkis.
Hanratty is a surname, and may refer to:
Kushnir is a Ukrainian and Jewish surname, meaning furrier.
Chait, also transliterated as Khait, is a Jewish family name, from Hebrew חייט, “tailor”. Notable people with the surname include:
Bodner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Belenky, feminine: Belenkaya is a Russian-language surname, typically of people of Jewish origin. In 1972 it was the 14th most common Jewish surname in Moscow and the 16th in Leningrad.
Szwarc is a Polonized-Yiddish version of the German surname Schwartz.
Volkovich is a Russian-language surname of Ruthenian origin, also adopted by Ashkenazi Jews. The Polonized form is Wolkowicz, Ukrainian: Vovkovych. Modern Belarusian: Vawkovich/Vaukovich, transliterated from Russian: Valkovich. Notable people with the surname include:
Rolnikas is a Lithuanian-language surname derived from the Polish surname Rolnik. Notable people with the surname include:
Groisman, Groysman are the Yiddish-language variants of the surname Grossman, variant transliterations of the Cyrillic spelling Гро́йсман, which comes from the pale of settlement in the region of Bessarabia of the Russian Empire. Notable people with the surname include:
Groszek is a Polish and Yiddish surname. The word is a diminutive of grosz, a Polish lesser coin. Therefore, the surname may be an occupational surname for a person dealing with money or a nickname for a wealthy of greedy person.
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