Funny Yiddish Names – Kveller
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Jewish baby names

Funny Yiddish Names

Truthfully, a lot of Yiddish names sound funny. We compiled our favorites here. Hope you weren’t planning on any of these for your kids!

Boys

1)    Mannis (God is with us)
2)    Zaydel (grandfather)
3)    Ancel (fortunate)
4)    Faivish (bright)
5)    Shimmel (listening)

Girls

1)    Gittel (good)
2)    Toiba (dove)
3)    Faigel (bird)
4)    Yentl (aristocrat, made famous by Barbra Streisand)
5)    Shoni (beautiful)

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