<PhylBoz@...> wrote:

I have found a first name of 'Froim' on the 1912 Grodno (Belarus)voting list. I
have searched for derivation or translation of this name with no success. Does
anyone recognize???

It's a Yiddish contraction of the Hebrew name Efrayim (English spelling usually
Ephraim). The origin is biblical (Genesis 41:52).

Robert Israel
israel@...
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2

I have found a first name of 'Froim' on the 1912 Grodno (Belarus)voting list. I
have searched for derivation or translation of this name with no success. Does
anyone recognize???

Phyllis Bosworth
New York, NY

Researching GARFINKEL/BRASHEVITZSKI/BOSOWITZ/GOLDBERG in Antopol, Belarus
(Grodno Gibernia, Kobrin district)

I do not know if this will help or not . . . a greatgrandfather (my father's
father's father) has listed on his immigration record "Efroim", his naturalization
record "Fraim", and all other records & went by "Frank". He immigrated >from
Berdichev.

Thomas Lerman
Researching (among other cities):
LERMAN - Berdichev Russia/Ukraine, Cleveland Ohio
REITMAN - Chenavitz Austria, New York City New York,Cleveland Ohio
KLEIN - Budapest Austria/Hungary, New York City &
Schenectady New York, Cleveland Ohio


--- PhylBoz@... wrote:

Phyllis Bosworth wrote

I have found a first name of 'Froim' on the 1912 Grodno (Belarus)voting list. I
have searched for derivation or translation of this name with no success. Does
anyone recognize???

Froim [Froh yim], Efroim, Efraim derivative >from Hebrew Ephraim. In Russia another
local form of Ephraim was also popular - Fima.

Alexander Sharon
Calgary, Alberta