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See also Category:Surnames of Mizrahi Jewish origin Pages in category "Surnames of Sephardic origin" The following 96 pages are in this category, out of 96 total.
Ashkenazi ( Hebrew: אַשְׁכְּנַזִּי) is a surname of Jewish origin. The term Ashkenaz ( Hebrew: אַשְׁכְּנַז) refers to the area along the Rhine in Western Europe where diaspora Jews settled and formed communities during the Middle Ages . The usage of Ashkenazi (lit. of Ashkenaz) as a surname originates with the arrival ...
Arab-Jewish surnames (10 P) Ashkenazi surnames (2 C, 49 P) H. Hebrew-language surnames (3 C, 229 P) J. Jewish matronymic surnames (22 P)
Felipe Godínez (1588–1637), Portuguese born dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age. [35] Jacob ibn Jau (9th century), silk-manufacturer and held a position in the court of the Hisham II. [36] Judah ben Joseph ibn Ezra (12th century), physician. [37] Joseph Kimhi (1105–1170), rabbi and biblical commentator.
Spanish and Portuguese Jews, also called Western Sephardim, Iberian Jews, or Peninsular Jews, are a distinctive sub-group of Sephardic Jews who are largely descended from Jews who lived as New Christians in the Iberian Peninsula during the few centuries following the forced expulsion of unconverted Jews from Spain in 1492 and from Portugal in ...
Russian-Jewish surnames (22 P) Y. Yiddish-language surnames (526 P) Pages in category "Ashkenazi surnames"
Direct descendant of Isaac Abravanel. Abraham Amigo (1610-1683), Israeli rabbi of Sepharadi descent [ 1] Benjamin Artom (1835-1879), Haham of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews of Great Britain [ 2] Lior Ashkenazi (1969-), Israeli actor. Ben Ashkenazy (1968/69-), American billionaire real estate developer.
Historically, Jews used Hebrew patronymic names. In the Jewish patronymic system the first name is followed by either ben- or bat- ("son of" and "daughter of," respectively), and then the father's name. ( Bar-, "son of" in Aramaic, is also seen.) Permanent family surnames exist today but only gained popularity among Sephardic Jews in Iberia and ...