Jewish personal names
Subtitle: their origin, derivation, and diminutive forms
By: by Shmuel Gorr ; edited by Chaim Freedman.
Contributors: Freedman, Chaim.
Publisher: Avotaynu, Inc.
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Teaneck, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Names, Personal -- Jewish.; Names, Personal -- Yiddish.
Description: "This book shows the roots of more than 1,200 Jewish personal names. It shows all Yiddish/Hebrew variants of a root name with English transliteration. Hebrew variants show the exact spelling including vowels. Footnotes explain how these variants were derived. An index of all variants allows you to easily locate the name in the body of book. Also presented are family names originating from personal names."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-94) and index.