Joffe is a Hebrew-language surname, a variant of Jaffe. Notable people with this surname include:
Rivkin is a Slavic language-influenced Jewish surname, of matronymic derivation literally meaning "Rivka's", where Rivka is the Hebrew form of the name Rebecca. Other forms include Rifkin and Ryvkin.
Melamid is a Hebrew surname which translates to teacher in English, a variant of Melamed; see this page for other variants.
Haydar, also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, Haidr, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, meaning "lion".
Harkavy is a Jewish surname. Variants in Russian language include Garkavy/Garkavyi, ru:Гарькавый) and Gorkavy. The Dictionary of American Family Names suggests that the surname is derived from the Belarusian word 'harkavyj' for a person who pronounces uvular R instead of voiced alveolar trill R In fact a derogatory epithet for a Jew is "гаркавы", or "burry". Another meaning of the Belarusian word "гаркавы" is "slightly bitter".
Margolin is a surname that, like its variants, is derived from the Hebrew word מרגליות (margoliyot) whose meaning is "pearls",
Margules is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגליות, meaning 'pearls'. Notable people with the surname include:
Margulies is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגליות, meaning 'pearls'. Notable people with the surname include:
Margolis is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגלית, meaning 'pearl'. Notable people with the surname include:
Barad can refer to a number of people, places, and things. It occurs as a family name with multiple ethnic sources and meanings. It was ranked # 88,149 in popularity in the 1990 US census. Variants of the surname include: Barada, Barade, Baradi, Baradt, Barat, Bard, Brar, Beirad, Barrett, Albarado, and Al-Barad'i.
Broder or Bröder is a surname. Notable people with the surname Broder / Bröder include:
Michelson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Michel". The prefix Michel-, a variant of Michael, comes from the Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל / מיכאל (mee-KHA-el), meaning "Who is like God?". A common English language surname, there are other English and Scandinavian spellings. It is rare as a given name. People with the name Michelson include:
Hazan, Chazan, Chasen, Hasson, and Khazan are all alternative spellings of Hazzan, a Hebrew word carried over into most other Jewish languages that refers to the cantor in the Jewish prayer tradition. The surname was commonly adopted throughout the Jewish diaspora. See also Hassan (surname).
Ageyev or Ageyeva is a Russian surname. Variants of this surname include Aggeyev/Aggeyeva (Агге́ев/Агге́ева), Ageyenko (Аге́енко), Ageyenkov/Ageyenkova (Аге́енков/Аге́енкова), Ageykin/Ageykina (Аге́йкин/Аге́йкина), Agin/Agina (А́гин/А́гина), Agish (Аги́ш), Agishev/Agisheva (Аги́шев/Аги́шева), Agishin/Agishina (Аги́шин/Аги́шина), Agishchev/Agishcheva (Аги́щев/Аги́щева), Agushev/Agusheva (Агу́шев/Агу́шева), Ogiyenko (Огие́нко), and Ogishin/Ogishina (Оги́шин/Оги́шина).
Margalit is a Hebrew-language given name and surname. Before the First Aliyah it was mainly used in this form by Sephardic Jews, while its variant Margulis was more common among Ashkenazis. It may refer to:
Margolies is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגליות (Israeli Hebrew, meaning 'pearls'. Notable people with the surname include:
Cherney is a Yiddish/Hebrew-language surname derived from Russian word Чёрный (chyorny/cherny) meaning "black". Notable people with the surname include:
Zak is a surname. It can be related to both Żak, a Polish surname, and Žák, a Czech surname. However in the case of Jews, it can be a variant of the German surname Sachs, the patronymic variant of the Hebrew biblical male personal name Yitzchak/Isaac or it can originate in the acronym surname Za'K, which stands for the Hebrew words Zera Kodesh, literally meaning Holy Seed, a quotation from Isaiah 6:13 implying descent from martyrs. In the variant Zaks, the final letter of the acronym can make the phrase Zera Kodesh Shemo or it may refer to the town of martyrdom, such as Speyer or Stendal.
Zakharenko is a Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian masculine surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Oved is a Jewish surname and given name, a spelling variant of the biblical name Obed. Notable people with the name include:
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