Ben-Zvi is a Jewish surname of Hebrew origin, meaning "son of [a] deer", and may refer to:
Hurwitz is one of the variants of a surname of Ashkenazi Jewish origin . Notable people with the surname include:
Kogan is a Russian spelling variant of the Jewish surname Cohen.
Dershowitz and Dershwitz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Zeitlin is a matronymic Jewish surname. It is derived from the female name Zeitl according to the rules of Slavic languages, with the possessive suffix '-in' and literally means "Zeitl's".
Mazel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Halevi or Halevy may refer to:
Resnick is a Yiddish surname, a variant of Reznik, Risikoff. People with the surname include:
Rafaeli is a surname which means "son of Rafael". Spelling variations include Refaeli, Raphaeli, Raffaeli, and Raffaelli. The name may refer to:
Hendel is a surname, and may refer to:
Aharoni is a surname. People with this surname include:
The Hebraization of surnames is the act of amending one's Jewish surname so that it originates from the Hebrew language, which was natively spoken by Jews and Samaritans until it died out of everyday use by around 200 CE. For many diaspora Jews, immigrating to the Land of Israel and taking up a Hebrew surname has long been conceptualized as a way to erase remnants of their diaspora experience, particularly since the inception of Zionism in the 19th century. This notion, which was part of what drove the Zionist revival of the Hebrew language, was further consolidated after the founding of the State of Israel in 1948.
Ben-David is a Hebrew patronymic surname. In Hebrew, it means "son of David." It also refers to the descendants of King David. It is one of the most common surnames in Israel. It may refer to the following people:
Pinkas is a surname of eastern Ashkenazi origin, and may refer to:
Sherf is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Ben-Zeev may refer to:
Nishri is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Arad (אָרַד) is a surname from the Hebrew word for bronze. Notable people with the surname include:
Javitz, Javits, Jawitz, Yavetz, Yawitz, or variation, is a Jewish surname. For the Biblical sources of the name see Jacob Emden.
Gendelman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
ben Abraham, ben AvrahamBen-Abraham, etc. is a Hebrew patronymic, which may also be a surname. It literally means "son of Abraham". It may be either of historical usage or the result of Hebraization of surnames, such as Abramovich, Abramovitz, etc. of immigrants to Israel. Notable people with the name include: