2006-10-02 15:34:45 · 7 answers · asked by princez_07 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
what are some common Jewish last names?
2006-10-02 15:46:26 · update #1
German-like names such as: -stein, -berg, -blum, -man, -feld, -baum, -schwartz-, weiss-, gold-, silver-, ein-, rosen-, wein-...
Polish-like and Russian-like names such as: -owitz, -ski...
Hebrew names: Cohen, Levi, Ben-, Rabi-, -Yehudah, -Shalom, -David, -Aharon, -Shlomoh, -Mosheh, -Yitzkhak, -Ya'akov...
2006-10-04 05:44:00 · answer #1 · answered by yotg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Jews first immigrated to US in larger numbers they looked around and tried to find the most Christian of the common first names that they could locate so they would look as "American" as all of the other people in America. So those first names that people think of as Jewish were really just popular Christian ones.
2006-10-02 15:40:19 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Benjamin, Rachel, Joseph, Micah, Rebbecca
2006-10-02 15:38:46 · answer #3 · answered by metamorphosisa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steven, Michael, Harry, Maryann, Oliver, Shirley, Julia
or did you mean "last names"?
2006-10-02 15:37:04 · answer #4 · answered by rosends 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
girls - rachel, miriam, shoshannah, eva, sarah, rebekah, dalit, hannah, ariel, etc
for boys - jonah, matthew, michael, benjamin, mordechai, abraham, jacob, isaac, isaiah, etc
basically anything in the bible, anything hebrew
EDIT
lots of jewish last names have german-sounding roots. ie if it ends in -stein, -blum, -berg, -baum, its generally considered a jewish last name. last names of jewish origins are also kohen/cohen etc, levy/levi etc. my name is very jewish sounding, rachel blum. (pronounced bloom)
2006-10-02 15:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
are not likely to be common Palestinian names
2006-10-02 15:38:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you wanting examples? clarify please
2006-10-02 15:37:10 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋