Appreciated members of Ukraine SIG:

Anyone out there know the meaning or the origin of the surnames "Guifan,
Guefen, Gefen Geffen and Yaroshevsky ?

My g.f. David Guifan cames to Argentina on 1904 from
Golovanevsk-Ukraine(actual Kirovograd Oblast?). He was born on August 04 of
1868 aprox; son of Wolff Zeev Halevi Guifan and Ana, Ida, or Olga Kitses,
Kitzes or Kiches

My g.m. Sofia Yaroshevsky cames to Argentina on 1907 >from Odessa-Ulraine
or Bessarabia-She was daughter of Gefim or Yefim and Elka or Olga Guifan,
female cousin of her husband David Guifan

thank you for your answer......Sophy Guifan Yaroshevsky >from Argentina-
guifansm@...

Sofia Marta GUIFAN is looking for GUIFAN, GUEFEN, GEFEN, GEFFEN and
YAROSHEVSKY. Just a few lines to mention that the “U” in GUI and GUE - as
read in Spanish - is a “mute” letter.

So if the GUIFAN surname is read or written by Spanish readers, GUI will
sound as the “gi” in gift. The “u” strengthens the “g” and has no “u” sound.
GUE in GUEFEN would sound as the “ge” in get. And GUEFEN would be
pronounced GEFEN or GEFFEN, two of the variants Sophy mentions.

Hope this helps and is not confusing!

Carlos GLIKSON
Buenos Aires, Argentina
e-Mail cglikson@...

Searching for

GLIKSON, GLICKSON, GLUCKSOHN, GLUECKSOHN (Suwalki, Marijampole, Augustow,
Sejny,Sopotkin,Koenigsberg)
ALPEROVICH, ALPEROWICZ (Kremenchug, Vilnius)
POKROISKY, POKROJSKI, POKROY (Suwalki, Seirijai)
HOLLANDERSKY, HOLLENDERSKI, HOLLANDER (Suwalki, Seirijai, Lomza)
TARNOPOLSKY, TARNOPOL (Kremenchug, Kharkov)
FELCHINSKY (Kremenchug, Vilnius), KARP (Grodno), GOLUMBIEWSKY, GOLOMB (?),
KRASNAPOLSKY (?)