Hersh (Yiddish : הערש) is a given name and surname. People with the name include:
Hermann or Herrmann is the German origin of the given name Herman.
Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas.
Neumann is a German surname, with its origins in the pre-7th-century word neowe meaning "new", with mann, meaning man. The English form of the name is Newman. Von Neumann is a variant of the name, and alternative spellings include Neuman, Naumann(s), Numan, Nauman, Neiman, and Nyeman.
Shmuel or Schmuel/ Shmeil is a Jewish variant of the name Samuel. It comes from שמואל in Hebrew, and is popular also in Polish Yiddish versions of the name: Szmul or Szmuel and Szmulik or Szmulek. Shmuel and variations may refer to:
Ehrlich is a German/Yiddish surname, meaning "honest" or "honorable". Notable people with the surname Ehrlich or Erlich include:
Friedländer is a toponymic surname derived from any of German places named Friedland.
Wahl is a Norwegian and Danish surname that originates from the German wal meaning 'field'. The name may also have roots in the German word Wahl or from Yiddish, in which wahl means "from Italy". Notable people with the surname include:
Izak is a given name which is an alternate spelling for Isaac. Online sites, such as "Think Baby Names" state that:
Berta is a female Germanic name or may also be a colloquial shortening of Alberta or Roberta.
Wolf is a given name and a surname. It is common among Germanic-speaking peoples, alongside variants such as Wulf. Names which translate to English "wolf" are also common among other nations, including many Native American peoples within the current or former extent of the habitat of the grey wolf.
Kálmán is an ancient Germanic origin Hungarian surname and male given name. Outside Hungary, the name occurs sometimes in the form Kalman. It was derived from the Germanic name: Koloman, Coloman or Kolman. The Germanic name Coloman has been used by Germans since the 9th century.
Soloway, Solloway is an East Slavic and Jewish surname. Variants include Solovey, Solovay, Solovyei, Solovei, Salovey, etc. Notable people with these surnames include:
Leopold is the modern form of the Germanic name Luitbald, composed of two stems, common to Germanic names. The first part is related to Old High German liut meaning "people", the second part bald or balt is of Germanic origin and means "brave". The name is not related to the names Leon and Leonard which mean lion. The name gradually spread across Western Europe and during the 16th century it became popular in the southern Holy Roman Empire, due to the influence of the Margraves of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty.
Zalman (זלמן) is a Yiddish-language variant of Solomon. The name was common among European Jews, and it still has usage in many Haredi and especially Hasidic communities all over the world. Some of the founders of modern Israel bore this name, including Zalman Shazar, the third Israeli president. Nowadays this is not a common name in the modern secular Israeli circles, being identified as a diaspora name.
Sobol is a surname derived from the Slavic word sobol ("sable"), which may also have been a nickname for a fur trader. As a Yiddish surname, it may be a variant of Sobel, which also derives from sobol. It may refer to:
Kleinman is a surname.
Franz is a German name and cognate of the given name Francis. Notable people named Franz include:
Tonino is an Italian and Spanish given name, surname or nickname. As a given name it is a diminutive form of Antonio in use in Italy, Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands. Notable people with this name include the following:
Selig is a Yiddish- and German-language masculine given name and surname, meaning "blessed." It is a variant of the Yiddish given name Zelig. It may refer to:
Loeb or Löb is a surname of German and Yiddish origin. It is derived from the word lion in German and Yiddish in different historic and dialectal forms. In Yiddish it is mostly written לייב (Leib). People with the surname include: