| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Yiddish |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | Blessed |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Zeilig, Zellig, Zelik, Zelick, Selig |
| Related names | Selig, Asher |
Zelig (Yiddish: זעליג, Hebrew: זליג) or Zelik (Yiddish: זעליק) is a masculine given name and surname, meaning "blessed" in Yiddish. It is cognate with the German name Selig. The name is traditionally paired with the Hebrew name Asher.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Froim-Zelig Aderca (1891–1962), Romanian writer
- Zelig Bardichever (1903–1937), Yiddish poet
- Asher Zelig Ehrlich (1878–1952), educator and Zionist activist
- Zelik Epstein (1914–2009), rabbi
- Zelig Eshhar, Israeli immunologist
- Zellig Harris (1909–1992), American linguist
- Zelig Kalmanovich (1885–1944), philologist, translator, and historian
- Asher Zelig Margaliot (1893–1969), Kabbalist
- Zelig Mogulescu (1858–1914), actor in Yiddish theatre
- Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern (1866-1939), Polish rabbi
- Zelig Newman (1788–1871), writer and educator
- Zelig Pliskin (1946– ), American rabbi
- Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953), rabbi
- Zelig Rabinovitch (1966– ), Israeli media personality
- Simcha Zelig Reguer (1864–1942), dayyan
- Zelig Segal (1933–2015), Israeli artist
- Zelig Sharfstein (1928–2008), Chabad rabbi
- Zelig Shtorch (1946– ), Israeli athlete
- Ḥayyim Zelig Slonimski (1810–1904), Maskilic writer, scientist, and rabbi
- Osher Zelig Weiss (1953– ), posek
Surname
- Dariusz Zelig (1957– ), Polish basketball player
- Jack Zelig (1888–1912), American gangster
- Mirka Mora, née Zelik (1928–2018), Australian artist
References
- ↑ Kaganoff, B. C. (1996). A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. J. Aronson. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-4616-2720-3.
See also
- All pages with titles containing Zelig
- All pages with titles containing Zellig
- All pages with titles containing Zelik
- Seeliger
- Seligmann (disambiguation)
- Seligman (disambiguation)
- Zelikovitch
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