I had a great grandfather named Harris, sometime called Chaskel, and
whose name was written on his grave marker as "Yehezkel ben David"

from April 05,2006:Khatskel also Kaskel-I believe it's the Yiddish

form for the Hebrew Yehezkel (English Ezekiel). in fact, the jewishgen
given names databse lists "Haskl / Khaskiel / Khaskl / Khatse / Khatsek /
Khatsele / Khatshe / Khatske / Khatskl / Kheske / Kheskl /
Khesye / Khezkeyl / Khezye / Yaskl" as all being Yiddish nicknames
for Ezekiel.

Richard Kurshan
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ROSENTHAL-Russia JONAP-Hungary
FRIEDMAN-Hungary

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Sherry Mayrent wrote:

[...] my grandfather, whose family went to London >from Poland around
the turn of the 19th century, was born in London a year or two later
and was named Harris on his birth certificate but always called
Harry. His Jewish name was Hershl (Svi-Hersh).

I suppose his "official" Jewish name was Naftali.

Hersch/Hirsch/Herts/Hertz [and Zwi too]
are kinuim [secular names] of Naftali.

Herschl is a diminutive form.

Evertjan Hannivoort.
The Netherlands.
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smnet@... writes:
At 12:23 PM 7/13/2009, Carol Raspler wrote:

Grandfather's name was Harris HANAPOLSKY as far back as I've been
able to track. I know enough not to 'assume' that his birth name
was Hersch or similar but I'm wondering if any of you had European
ancestors with the first name Harris???

In Ancestry.co.uk at the 1901 Censuses as many as 796 men living in
England who were born in Russia, and therefore all or most were Jews,
had the forename Harris; in Scotland there were 303 and in Wales there
were 19.

Harold Pollins
Oxford
England

Hello,
My great grandfather was >from Odessa. He immigrated around 1893.
His name was Harry Oscar (Harris or Harrys on some records).
His Hebrew name was Yechezkel Zvi.

Judy Petersen
Fort Collins, CO

Carol Raspler, Delray Beach, FL wrote
Grandfather's name was Harris HANAPOLSKY as far back as I've been
able to track. I know enough not to 'assume' that his birth name
was Hersch or similar but I'm wondering if any of you had European
ancestors with the first name Harris???=B2

My husabnad's ggf was also Harris. Until we translated his tombstone, we
didn't realize that his Hebrew name was Aron. He arrived in the US as
"Aron" and later changed his name to Harris. Try using his Hebrew name to
find his arrival, not his English name.

Ann

Ann Meddin Hellman
Charleston, SC

Researching: MEDINSKI/MEDIN/MEDDIN, TENNENBAUM Kolonia Yakovlevo, Gub.
Grodno, Belarus; JARINKES/YARINKES, Drahichyn, Belarus; FEINTUCH, MELGUT/
MELGOOD Warshava, Poland; RUBIN, FRANK Radoshkovichi, Belarus
JACOBS-PIATIGORSKY,BIRLANT/BELOURTOWSKY, BLUESTEIN, PATLA, WARSHAVSKY Kiev,
Ukraine; LEVKOFF/LEWKOW Berdichev, Ukraine; HELLMAN, Riga, Latvia;
ZYMANSKI Filipow, Poland; TEWEL/TOVEL Brzostek, Poland

At 12:23 PM 7/13/2009, Carol Raspler wrote:

Grandfather's name was Harris HANAPOLSKY as far back as I've been
able to track. I know enough not to 'assume' that his birth name
was Hersch or similar but I'm wondering if any of you had European
ancestors with the first name Harris???

Carol, my grandfather, whose family went to London >from Poland around
the turn of the 19th century, was born in London a year or two later
and was named Harris on his birth certificate but always called
Harry. His Jewish name was Hershl (Svi-Hersh).

Sherry Mayrent
Watertown, MA

Grandfather's name was Harris HANAPOLSKY as far back as I've been
able to track. I know enough not to 'assume' that his birth name
was Hersch or similar but I'm wondering if any of you had European
ancestors with the first name Harris???
(his brother arrived about 13 years later with the name Charles!).

So, can you suggest any other first names beginning with the Sound
of "H" (considering that there was no H in the Russian language).
Thanks for pondering.
See you in Philadelphia!!

Carol Raspler, Delray Beach, FL