Abstract
The Origin of Jewish Family Names
Highlights
IN BIBLICAL TIMES THE JEWS had only one name, which was accompanied by the name of their father
The first Jewish family names appeared as surnames among the Jews in North Africa, Spain, France and Italy in the tenth and eleventh century of the Christian era
By the end of the eighteenth century and at the beginning of the nineteenth century the Governments of Austria, France, Prussia and Russia enacted special decrees ordering that all Jews assume permanent family names
Summary
IN BIBLICAL TIMES THE JEWS had only one name, which was accompanied by the name of their father. The first Jewish family names appeared as surnames among the Jews in North Africa, Spain, France and Italy in the tenth and eleventh century of the Christian era.
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