A dictionary of Jewish surnames from Maghreb, Gibraltar, and Malta / by Alexander Beider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beider, Alexander, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Names, Personal--Jewish--Mediterranean Region--Dictionaries.

Names, Personal.

Names, Personal--Jewish--Africa, North--Dictionaries.

Names, Personal--Jewish--Gibraltar--Dictionaries.

Names, Personal--Jewish--Malta--Dictionaries.

Names, Personal--Jewish.

North Africa.

Gibraltar.

Malta.

Mediterranean Region.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

x, 714 pages : maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Avotaynu, 2017.

Summary:

The book identifies nearly 2,000 independent root surnames from which more than 10,000 variant surnames are derived. A typical entry contains three sections: Main, Origin and Variants. -- The Main section identifies the surname and spelling variants (in both Latin and Hebrew characters), where in the region it was used, earliest references, and bibliographic source of the information. There are nearly 300 sources from which Dr. Beider draws his conclusions. -- The Origin section includes an identification of bearers of the name as having a single common ancestor (monogenetic) or multiple independent ancestors (polygenetic). This is followed by the etymology--the linguistic origin of the name.-- Finally, the Variant section shows the main variants of the name that exist in the region.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780998057118

0998057118

OCLC:

967920782