Jewish Names in Botosani

 


Surname Adoption


YEAR # Jewish Births % Jewish Births
with no surname
1857 202 95%
1865 320 83%
1872 480 71%
1880 787 57%
1893 731 54%
1901 322 56%

1857 and 1865 are actual counts from the Botosani Jewish Mitrices. 1872 to 1901 are actual counts from the
Botosani Civil Records 


Jewish Given Name Frequency - Top 50

FEMALESMALE

NAME FREQ % CUM TOT CUM %
NAME FREQ % CUM TOT CUM %
Sura 218 7.1 218 7.1
Moisa 219 7.1 219 7.1
Haia 192 6.2 410 13.3
Avram 192 6.2 411 13.3
Ruhla/Rachel 152 4.9 562 18.2
Iancu/Iacob 180 5.8 591 19.1
Hana 151 4.9 713 23.1
Aizic/Itic 162 5.2 753 24.4
Rifca 134 4.3 847 27.4
Iosub 146 4.7 899 29.1
Estera 125 4.0 972 31.5
Leib 131 4.2 1030 33.4
Reiza 121 3.9 1093 35.4
Herscu 125 4.0 1155 37.4
Leia 102 3.3 1195 38.7
Haim 118 3.8 1273 41.2
Feiga/Fani 101 3.3 1296 42.0
Israil/Strul 112 3.6 1385 44.9
Ita 83 2.7 1379 44.7
Smil/Smerl 105 3.4 1490 48.3
Mariem/Maria 83 2.7 1462 47.4
Solomon/Sloim 100 3.2 1590 51.5
Etla 72 2.3 1534 49.7
Marcu 90 2.9 1680 54.4
Ghitla 68 2.2 1602 51.9
David 82 2.7 1762 57.1
Malca 61 2.0 1663 53.9
Meir 67 2.2 1829 59.2
Taube 59 1.9 1722 55.8
Bercu/Berl 67 2.2 1896 61.4
Freida 56 1.8 1778 57.6
Altar 63 2.0 1959 63.5
Baba 51 1.7 1829 59.2
Aron 62 2.0 2021 65.5
Beila 50 1.6 1879 60.9
Idal 49 1.6 2070 67.1
Dvoira 50 1.6 1929 62.5
Burah 47 1.5 2117 68.6
Brana 45 1.5 1974 63.9
Simon 44 1.4 2161 70.0
Pesia 40 1.3 2014 65.2
Leizar 41 1.3 2202 71.3
Seindla 38 1.2 2052 66.5
Mendel 39 1.3 2241 72.6
Seina 36 1.2 2088 67.6
Nahman 39 1.3 2280 73.9
Basa 34 1.1 2122 68.7
Sulim 32 1.0 2273 73.6
Hava 34 1.1 2156 69.8
Mihel 31 1.0 2304 74.6
Hinda/Hanta 34 1.1 2190 70.9
Lupu 31 1.0 2335 75.6
Clara 30 1.0 2220 71.9
Zeida 27 0.9 2362 76.5
Perla 29 0.9 2249 72.9
Saia 26 0.8 2388 77.4
Golda 28 0.9 2277 73.8
Hoisa 21 0.7 2409 78.0
Berta 27 0.9 2304 74.6
Froim 21 0.7 2430 78.7
Frima 27 0.9 2331 75.5
Calman 20 0.6 2450 79.4
Elca 26 0.8 2357 76.4
Ehil 18 0.6 2468 79.9
Ciorna 23 0.7 2380 77.1
Zeilic 16 0.5 2484 80.5
Sosia 23 0.7 2403 77.8
Eli 16 0.5 2500 81.0
Tivia 23 0.7 2426 78.6
Huna 15 0.5 2515 81.5
Ana 20 0.6 2446 79.2
Ghersin 15 0.5 2530 82.0
Liba 20 0.6 2466 79.9
Osias 14 0.5 2544 82.4
Bruha 19 0.6 2485 80.5
Naftule 14 0.5 2558 82.9
Sima 19 0.6 2504 81.1
Ioina 14 0.5 2572 83.3
Enta 18 0.6 2522 81.7
Herman 14 0.5 2586 83.8
Mina 18 0.6 2540 82.3
Adolph 14 0.5 2600 84.2
Blima 17 0.6 2557 82.8
Zalman 13 0.4 2613 84.6
Cheila 17 0.6 2574 83.4
Faibis 13 0.4 2626 85.1
Amalia 16 0.5 2590 83.9
Volf 12 0.4 2638 85.5
Tipa 16 0.5 2606 84.4
Peisih 12 0.4 2650 85.8
Dina 14 0.5 2620 84.9
Zisu 11 0.4 2661 86.2
Idas 14 0.5 2634 85.3
User 11 0.4 2672 86.6
Nehama 14 0.5 2648 85.8
Ioil 11 0.4 2683 86.9
Alta 13 0.4 2661 86.2
Hascal 11 0.4 2694 87.3
Malia 13 0.4 2674 86.6
Simha 10 0.3 2704 87.6

Based on 3087 Jewish Marriages recorded in the Botosani civil records 1866-1905. Sound alike, small spelling variations, and equivalents from  Jewishgen Given Names Data Base  (e.g. Moisa/Moise/Moscu/Moti/Moses/Mochi) are included with the most common spelling.




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