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The Name Hirsh - Origin and Meaning of Hirsh
  



The Name Hirsh - Origin and Meaning of Hirsh


Gender

Masculine

Origin of the Name Hirsh

Old High German and Yiddish

Usage of the Name Hirsh

Yiddish

Meaning of the Name Hirsh

The name Hirsh means "deer" in Yiddish (compare with German "Hirsch"). The name is often paired with Tzvi.

Famous Bearers

Bearers of the name include Tzvi Hirsh Eichenstein, also known as Hirsh Zydaczower (1763 - 1831), a Ukrainian rabbi; Heinrich Graetz, whose real name was Tzvi Hirsh Graetz (1817 - 1891), a German historian; Hirsch Glick (1922 - 1944), a Jewish-Lithuanian poet; Neal Hirsh Ulevich (born 1946), an American photographer.

Names Related to Hirsh

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