Yiddish Baby Names
220 Yiddish names with researched meanings, U.S. popularity, and audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 220 Yiddish baby names below. Every name links to a full page with its sourced meaning, origin, popularity chart, famous bearers, and a clear audio pronunciation so you can hear it said correctly. Names are listed most-popular first.
Yiddish Girl Names
Kayle#14303 in the U.S.Most often a trimmed spelling in the Kayla/Kaylee family. It is also a Yiddish girls' name, KayGoldi#14425 in the U.S.A spelling of Goldie, from the Yiddish/English 'gold' - an affectionate name for something precLitza#14479 in the U.S.Litza is a diminutive — in Greek a familiar ending (-itsa/-itza) clipped off longer names such Maisel#14538 in the U.S.Maisel is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname — borne, for example, by the Prague philanthropReizel#14552 in the U.S.From the Yiddish Reyzl, 'a little rose' (a diminutive of royz, 'rose')Sheynnis#14686 in the U.S.A modern Latina coinage — echoing Shay ('admirable', Irish) and Shayna ('beautiful', Yiddish); Nechy#14727 in the U.S.Nechy is a Yiddish diminutive, most often of Nechama — Hebrew for 'comfort; consolation'. AffecRayzel#14848 in the U.S.From the Yiddish Reyzel, a diminutive of reyz, 'rose' — so 'little rose.' A traditional AshkenaTziry#15066 in the U.S.A Yiddish affectionate form in the Tzirel/Tziril family, used in Ashkenazi Jewish communities aTzurty#15067 in the U.S.A Yiddish pet name (of the affectionate diminutive kind), whose exact fuller form and root are Chasya#15669 in the U.S.From the Hebrew, 'protected by the Lord; sheltered by God' — a warm devotional name, familiar iGitel#16079 in the U.S.From the Yiddish Gitel (Gittel), 'good' (from gut, 'good'), often as an affectionate 'good littTzipa#16275 in the U.S.A Yiddish pet form of Tzipporah (Zipporah, the wife of Moses), from the Hebrew for 'bird.' A waZisel#16846 in the U.S.From the Yiddish Zisel, 'sweet' (from zis, 'sweet') -- an affectionate name from Ashkenazi tradRaiza#17078 in the U.S.By one route a form of the Yiddish Reyzl/Raizel, 'rose'; by another an Arabic name (from a rootReichel#17096 in the U.S.A Yiddish form of Rachel, from the Hebrew for 'ewe' — the biblical matriarch, wife of Jacob. A Zeldy#17563 in the U.S.A pet form that echoes Zelda, itself a short form of Griselda ('grey fighting maid') and used iZirel#17984 in the U.S.Zirel is a Yiddish girls' name, traditionally used as an affectionate form linked to Sarah, and
Yiddish Boy Names
ShragyA Yiddish familiar form of Shraga, from the Aramaic for 'light; candle; lamp' — a name of warmtYeidelA Yiddish diminutive of Yehuda — Judah in English — from a Hebrew root meaning 'to praise; to g
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Popular Yiddish baby names include Kayle, Goldi, Litza, Maisel, Reizel, Sheynnis. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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More4Kids lists 220 Yiddish baby names, each with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.