----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew N Schwartz" <anschwartz@...>
To: "Belarus SIG" <belarus@...>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 10:57 PM
Subject: [belarus] Given Names

I need some help with given names. Following are some names on our ADASKIN
family tree, and I don't know the gender. Perhaps some of these are
nicknames, I don't know. If anyone has some ideas, I would appreciate some
help.

from Norma Brewer:

I have left gaps where I do not know.

Bashe= I think this is a diminutive- actually of a Russian or Polish

female name - I think Barbara- but perhaps there are
other possibilities. not a Yiddish name. Look for Yiddish
alternatives- eg Brocha- or maybe this was the Russian
verson of Bryna.

Braine= I think this is a Yiddish female name. It was my mother's. We

spelt it Bryna- pronounced Bry-na

Ellye I think this is female

but I suppose it could also be >from Eliyahu- ie Elijah, a male
name. I don't know.

Hinde again, I think femaile, and a diminutive I don't know what

for.
There is also Hindel

Hirche I think this is Hirsch- ie with the meaning of deer = also

equals Zvi
The diminutive of Hirsch is Hirschel/Hershel. This is a
male name. It was the name of one of my maternal uncles

Itche possibly >from Yitschok- ie Isaac- a male name
Itte
Nokhem = This is a very common given name. It was my grandfather's.

He was Nochem Leib.

Orre
Osher= A f amous Yiddish cantor, who appears in Yiddish movies of the 30's

, was Moshe Osher

Payshe
Rishe = I think Rishe and Rishke are just versions of the same

name.

Rishke- also I think, female.
Shchere
Shendel Shendel is the diminutive of Sheine- ie Beautiful. It

is the name of one of my freinds, Chana Sheindel.
IOt is a woman's name.

Shlayme Shlayme= Shlpyme ie Solomon. It is a male name.
Sholem (Male ?)= yes, definitely. It means Peace. Sholem Asch is a well

known Yiddish writer.

Sorre Sorre was the name of one of my great-aunts. It is the

Yiddish for Sarah- ie a female name. So-rre (pron)

Tobe Tobe is again a female name. It was the name of one of

mygreat aunts. Pronounced as two syllables-
To-be. (tow-be)

Tsippe This is a dimiutivce of Tsipporrah. She was someone in

the Bible.
I met two Tsipporahs this Pesach when I went to
Israel

Vellye
Yoshe Yoshe, and Yoshke, are male names- short for Yoshua, ie

Joshua, I think.

I am sure that there is a book of Jewish/Yiddish forenames- in fact I think
I saw such a one when I was hunting recently on the Net.
I hope my information and suggestions are of help.
Sincerely
Norma Brewer
(Nachama Leibe bas Yisroel Ber)
nlbrewer@...

For
... Andy Schwartz, researching ADASKIN, in St. Louis, MO