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This section includes first names of Yiddish origin. Yiddish names represent a complicated linguistic and cultural history that follows the Jewish people from the Middle East to Germany to Israel and the U.S. today.
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Browse Yiddish male and female names by alphabetical order to find out the meanings of the names. Click on the first letter of the name you're looking for.
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The Yiddish language is a Germanic language which is spoken throughout the world by about 3 million people. It is written with the Hebrew alphabet. Yiddish has its roots in Jewish migration from the Middle East to Germany, "Ashkenaz" in Hebrew, in the 4th century or earlier.
Over time, the Middle High German of the region merged with Hebrew and possibly Aramaic, along with influences from the surrounding Slavic and Romance languages, and the resulting language was brought by Ashkenazi Jews farther east and to immigrant communities in many countries.
It is thought that Yiddish and German were completely differentiated by the 15th century. The majority of speakers now live in Israel and the U.S., but Yiddish is not an official language in either country, and the language is endangered.
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