Aaronov M: from the given name Aaron (see Aron). Rossieny, Kovno) M: from the given name Abl (see Abram). Aaronovich (Rossieny) M: from the given name Aaron (see Abel'nitskij (Troki) T: see Vobol'nik. Aron). Abelov (Troki) M: from the given name Abel' (see Abram). Ab (Kovno, Vilna, Brest, , ) M: see Aba. Abelovich (Tel'shi, Rossieny, Ponevezh, , Slonim, ) M: from Aba (Mogilev) M: from the given name Aba (Abe in ) {Abe, the given name Abel' (see Abram). Abo, Abij, Ab, Abin, Abov, Abovich, Abovskij, Abchuk (Abtsuk, Abel'skij (Rezhitsa, Ponevezh, Vilkomir, common in Novo- Abtsyuk, Aptsyuk), Abes, Abezon (Abesson), Abinzon, Abman; Aleksandrovsk, , Chernigov) T: see Abel' . M: from the Abesgauz (Abesgaus, Abezgauz, Obezgauz, Abezgaus, Abesgus, given name Abel' (see Abram). Abezguz, Abel'gauz, Abezgus)}. The original Aramaic form of this Abel'son [German spelling: Abelsohn] (Courland, , Rossieny, Berachot 24), meaning “father”. Hypocoristic Vilkomir, Kovno, Troki) M: from the given name Abl (see) אַבָּא given name is forms: Abka and Abko (Abke in Yiddish) {Abkin (Apkin), Abkevich, Abram). Abkovich, Abkov, Abchuk (Abtsuk, Abtsyuk, Aptsyuk)}, Abush Abelyanskij (Slonim, ) M: from the given name Abel' {Abush, Abushevich}, Absha (Abshe in Yiddish) {Abshes, Abshis; (see Abram). T: see Abel' . Abshikhes (Apshikhes)}. Abelyuk M: from the given name Abel' (see Abram). Abadovskij (Khotin) T: see Obodovskij. Abel'zon (Shavli, Rossieny, Disna) M: from the given name Abl Abarbanel' (', Gorodok, Vitebsk, , Kiev) {Barbanel', (see Abram). Barbanel'skij} ZM: Sephardic surname derived from Abrafanel, a Abend ZA: Abend [German] evening (see the entries Abend in DJSG hypocoristic form of the given name Abraham (see also Abram). The and DJSKP). final element corresponds to the Spanish diminutive suffix el. The use Aber (Ponevezh, Troki) A:, N: see Abir. M: see Abram. of /f/ instead of /h/ and the interchangeability of the nasal consonants Aberbarden (Zhitomir) S: from the hyphenated surname Aber-Barden. /n/ and /m/ were typical for the pronunciation of Hebrew in medieval Aberman (Kovno, Vinnitsa, Skvira) O: see Ober. O: see Gober. M: see Spain (Garbell 1954:658-662). The surname has existed in Spain Abram. since the 12th century (Laredo 1978:215). In Spanish sources it is Abershtejn (Slonim) A: see Obershtejn. A: see Gobernshtejn. generally spelled Abravanel. In Hebrew documents it appears as Abershtruf (Akkerman) A: from ‘oybershtrokh’ [Yiddish] abbreviation .After the expulsion from the Iberian peninsula, bearers of the mark, accent mark .אברבנאל surname Abravanel and its variant spellings Abrabanel and Abarbanel Aberson [German spelling: Abersohn] (Courland, Kherson) M: from (the last form appeared after the interchange of places between /r/ and the given name Eber (see Abram). the neighboring vowel, a phenomenon well known in general Aberzhanskij (Novogrudok, Minsk) T: see Birzh. T: see Berzhan. phonetics) has lived in Sephardic communities of Italy, Holland, Abes (Bel'sk, Belostok) M: see Aba . Turkey, and England. In Ashkenazic communities, the surname has Abesgaus M: see Aba. been also found in Posen and southeastern part of Congress Abesgauz (Mogilev) M: Abeshaus [German] Abe's house (see Aba). (see the entries Abarbanel in DGJS and DJSKP). Abesgus M: see Aba. Abarbarchuk (Vinnitsa, Tiraspol') T: from the village of Barbarovka Abesson (Taurida) M: see Aba. (Ushitsa d., Novograd d., Zaslavl' d.) . Abezgaus (Borisov, Lepel') M: see Aba. Abas (Kishinev) ZM: Sephardic surname Ab(b)as, derived from the Abezgauz (Disna, , Vitebsk, common in Lepel') M: see Aba. identical given name borrowed by from Muslims. Jewish bearers Abezgus (Odessa, Kherson) M: see Aba. of both the surnames and the given name Abas appear in Portuguese Abezguz (Odessa) M: see Aba. sources of the 15th century (Tavares 1984:323, 405). During the Abezon (Borisov) M: see Aba . following centuries the surname appear in Morocco, the Ottoman Abidan (Zvenigorodka) T: see Obodan. Empire, Amsterdam and Hamburg (see the entry Abbas in DSS). Abidor (Ol'gopol', Chigirin, Kherson) M: see Avigdor. .(Hebrew] Abbaye, the name of one of the most Abij (Mogilev-Pod.) M: see Aba (Ukrainianized] אַבַּיֵי :Abaya (Dvinsk) A important representatives of the third generation of Babylonian Abilevich (Vilna) M: see Abram. Amoraim (circa 280-340 CE). Abilevskij (Lipovets) M: see Abram. T: see Abel'. Abchuk (Lutsk) M: from the given name Aba or Abka Abin () M: see Aba . <(ch)uk> (see Aba). Abinya (Bratslav) see Obinya. Abdirkin (Kiev) O: from ‘obdirnik’ [Russian] skinner (see also Abinzon (Mogilev-Pod.) M: see Aba . Hebrew] powerful, mighty] אַבִּיר :Trejbach). Abir (Kovno, Troki, Vitebsk) A:, N Abe (Tel'shi, Shavli) M: see Aba. {Aber}. Abedor (Kherson) M: see Avigdor. Abkevich (Belostok) M: from the given name Abka (see Aba). Abel' [German spelling: Abel] (Courland, Riga, Tel'shi, Shavli, Troki, Abkin (Riga, Dvinsk, Bobrujsk, Mogilev) M: from the given name common in Sventsyany; Belostok, Slutsk) T: from the townlet of Abka (see Aba). Abeli (Novo-Aleksandrovsk d.) {Obel', Vabel', Abele, Abel'skij, Abkov M: from the given name Abko (see Aba). Abelinskij, Abelevskij (Abilevskij), Abelyanskij, Abelin, Abeler Abkovich (Troki, Belostok) M: from the given name Abko (Obeler), Abler}. M: see Abram. (see Aba). Abele (Shavli, Vilna) M: see Abram. T: see Abel'. Ablamunets S: from the hyphenated surname Abel'-Munets or Abel'- Abeleovich (Vilna) M: see Abram. Munits. Abeler (Kovno) T: see Abel' . Ablavskij (Odessa, Lipovets) M: see Abram. Abelev (Troki, Rogachev, Mogilev, Radomysl') M: from the given Abler (Odessa) T: see Abel'. name Abel' (see Abram). Ablin (Bykhov, Odessa) M: from the given name Ablya (see Abelevich (Rossieny, Novo-Aleksandrovsk, Kovno, Belostok, Grodno, Abram). Volkovysk, Bobrujsk) M: from the given name Abel' (see Ablonskij (Grodno) T: see Yablonskij. T: see Yablonka. Abram). Ablov (Kiev, Lipovets, Bratslav) M: see Abram. Abelevskij (Vilna, Lida) M: from the given name Abel' (see Ablovskij (Lipovets) M: see Abram. Abram). T: see Abel' . Abman (Brest) M:, ZM: see Aba (see the entry Abman in Abel'gauz (Polotsk) M: see Aba. DJSKP). Abelik (Odessa) M: from the given name Abel' (see Abram). Abo (Vitebsk, Mogilev) M: see Aba. Abelin (Orsha, Vitebsk) M: from the given name Abel' (see Abodyannikov O: from Obidyanik (see Obod). Abram). T: see Abel' . Abolets (Vitebsk, Lepel') T: see 'skij. T: see Oboler. Abelinskij (Slonim) T: see Abel' . T: from the village of Abolits (Orsha, Vitebsk, Mogilev, ) T: see Obol'skij. T: see Abelino (Rossieny d.) . Oboler. Abeliov (Vilna, Troki) M: see Abram. Abol'nik (Riga, Kovno, Vilna, Vilejka, Orsha) T: see Vobol'nik. Abeliovich (Ponevezh, Oshmyany, Vilejka, Belostok) M: see Abram. Abol'nikov (Chernigov) T: from Abol'nik (see Vobol'nik). Abelis (Novogrudok, Berdichev) M: from the given name Abele Abolonik (Minsk) T: see Vobol'nik. O: from ‘bolonka’ [Belarusian] (see Abram). window pane (see Bolonkin). Abel'kop (Shavli) S: from the hyphenated surname Abel'-Kop(?). Abol'skij (Rezhitsa) T: see Obol'skij. T: see Oboler. Abel'man [German spelling: Abelmann] (Courland, Dvinsk, Shavli, Abomelik (Tiraspol') M: see Avimelakh.

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