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Jewish (from Belarus): habitational name from a place in Belarus named Rudnya. 4. In some cases possibly also Irish: from Ó Rodáin, see Redding. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Doron, Hyman, Isaak, Yakov. Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.
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Since one's full Hebrew name includes the names of one's father and/or mother, they connect with those who gave us life (or in the case of Jews-by-choice, with Abraham and Sarah who gave the Jewish people life). From biblical times, naming has been important to our people.
The name was early etymologized as containing the Hebrew root mr, meaning "bitter" (cf. myrrh), or mry, meaning "rebellious". St. Jerome (writing c. 390 ), following Eusebius of Caesarea , translates the name as "drop of the sea" ( stilla maris in Latin ), from the Hebrew מר , mar , 'drop' (cf. Isaiah 40:15) [ 2 ] and ים , yam , 'sea'.
Did you ever wonder what your Hebrew name means? Over the years, our Ask the Rabbi team has fielded hundreds of such questions. Here is a sampling of their responses.
- Benowitz
- Brockman
- Burns
- Dreyfuss
- Ehrenberg
- Einstein
- Fisher
- Garfinkle
- Goldman
- Hahn
An Ashkenazic (a Jew of eastern European or German descent) Jew. This surname comes from the pet form of Beniamin.
An Americanized form of a Jewish surname from Poland, "Brokman." May stem from the Yiddish name for a paver, thus making it an occupation-based name.
Americanized from the Jewish surname, "Bernstein." One highly recognized person with this surname is the Jewish comedian, George Burns. Related: 10 Traditional Jewish Recipes that Work for Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah
Literally "three feet" in German. This surname comes from the German city, Trier. Its Latin name, "Treveris," eventually developed into Dreyfuss. Richard Dreyfuss, a famous American actor, has this surname.
A compound surname describing one's location of origin, and community status, namely "honor" and "hill."
Of German origin, meaning "to enclose or surround with stone." It's recognized as the surname of the famous inventor and scientist, Albert Einstein.
In Yiddish, literally "little fish." A reference to the biblical Ephraim, who, over time, became associated with fish because of Jacob's blessing over him.
Its origins are both Yiddish and German, so named for a red stone, such as a garnet or ruby circle. Thus, it is an ornamental surname. The famous singer, Art Garfunkel, had a variation of this name.
Possibly indicating the family came from a line of goldsmiths, or someone in a similar business relating to precious stones. Related: 100 Sukkot Greetings and Wishes
In German, the word for rooster (Hahn). An Ashkenazic surname indicating some affiliation with birdsor animals.
Jewish (from Belarus): habitational name from a place in Belarus named Rudnya. In some cases possibly also Irish: from Ó Rodáin , see Redding . Similar surnames:
Mary of Nazareth--whose name is written at times in the Hebraic form, Mariam--was a chaste young Jewish girl betrothed to a devout Jewish man, Joseph. The portrait of her in the New Testament is that of a prayerful Jewish woman with very human traits who aspired to follow the practices set by Jewish law and religion.
