Born in the shtetls of Eastern Europe, Yiddish baby names reflect warmth, humor, and devotion. Many echo Hebrew roots or honor pious ancestors, capturing Jewish resilience amid centuries of diaspora. Some monikers, like Rivke or Mendel, immortalize daily life traditions or comedic folk tales. By choosing a Yiddish name, families forge a link to a language that survived adversity through a dedicated spirit of faith, scholarship, and community.

Blima -

Of Hebrew origin, meaning "blossom" or "bloom."

Bluma -

Of Yiddish origin, meaning "flower" or "bloom."

Breindel -

Breindel means 'son of the right hand'.

Faiga -

Bird

Faigy -

To rejoice

Fisher -

The fisher

Fraida -

Peace

Freida -

Peace

Frida -

Beautiful

Fruma -

Pious

Gitel -

Little good one

Gittel -

God is my strength

Gitty -

Good

Golda -

Golden

Goldie -

A variant of the English word for gold

Goldy -

Gold

Henya -

God has created

Hinda -

Group of camels

Kayla -

Slender

Kayla -

Associated with bold qualities.

Leeba -

A variant of the Yiddish word for

Maven -

A variant of the Yiddish word for

Mendel -

Comforter

Minah -

Bitter

Mindel -

To think

Moishe -

Delivered from the water

Perel -

Pearl

Perl -

Of modules origin.

Reyna -

Reyna symbolizes 'strength'.

Shayna -

Shayna means 'beautiful'.

Zalman -

Peace

Zayde -

Grandfather

Zelda -

Blessed

Zelig -

Blessed

Zissel -

Sweet little one

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