| Surname | Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Variant 3 | Linguistic Origin | Meaning | |||||||
| 101 | Asher | Asherov | Ascher | Hebrew (Bible: Gen.30:12) | Happiness; name of one of Jacob’s sons, head of one of the twelve tribes; Surname found as Ben Aser (no SH sound in Spanish) in 1348 in Toledo, Spain (Ref.: Sefarad, 1977, 37,2: 333-337) | |||||||
| 102 | Asherov | See: Asher and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 103 | Ashikov | Turkish | Derives from ‘asik’(pronounced ashik) = lover and ‘ov’ = Bulgarian suffix | |||||||||
| 104 | Ashkenazi | See: Eskenazi | ||||||||||
| 105 | Aslan | Aslanov | Turkish | Lion, can be translation of the Hebrew Arie or Yehuda or Spanish Leon | ||||||||
| 106 | Aslanov | See: Aslan and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 107 | Asman | Asmanov | Turkish | 1. Stylish, well brought up 2. Derives from Osman = name of the sultan who founded the Ottoman Empire | ||||||||
| 108 | Asmanov | See: Asmanov and the Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 109 | Assa | Hebrew (Bible: I King 15:9) | Physician or remedy, name of Judea King, grandson of King Salomon. | |||||||||
| 110 | Assael | Hebrew (Bible: II Sam.2:18) | God did; name of Job’s brother | |||||||||
| 111 | Assayas | Greek | Toponym of Assias, an ancient town in Cyprus, actually in the Turkish part of the Isle. | |||||||||
| 112 | Asseo | See: Aseo | ||||||||||
| 113 | Assis | Assus | Benassus | Hassus | Turkish or Arabic | 1. Beloved, precious in Turkish. Can be the translation of the Hebrew name ‘Yakir'; 2. Derives from the Arabi adjective Aziz = Beloved, precious | ||||||
| 114 | Assus | See: Assis | ||||||||||
| 115 | Astrug | Astruk | Astrukov | Istrug | Latin | Derives from asterius = star or happy, equivalent of the Hebrew mazal. Surname found in Aragon in 1340 (Ref.: Sefarad, 1952, 12,2: 337-351 | ||||||
| 116 | Astruk | Astrukov | See: Astrug | |||||||||
| 117 | Astrukov | See: Astrug and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 118 | Atias | Arabic | Present, gift | |||||||||
| 119 | Avayu | Spanish | Toponym of Abayu, Asturias province, Spain (in medieval Spanish the letters B and V were often interchanged as they are identically pronounced); Surname found in Zaragosa in 1463 (Ref.:Sefarad 1960, 20,2: 407-417) | |||||||||
| 120 | Avdala | Arabic or Hebrew | 1. Derives from the given name Abdallah= servant of God. It is the Arabic translation of the Biblical name Ovadia.; 2.In Saloniki old tombstone inscriptions the name is spelled Haavdala like the prayer at the of Shabat, meaning :disctinction. During the British Mandate of Eretz Israel, one person so called changed his name into Ovadia After making his aliya, someone so called changed his name into Oren | |||||||||
| 121 | Avdish | Greek | Derives from evdimos = happiness, probable translation of Hebrew ‘mazal tov’ | |||||||||
| 122 | Avidor | See: Avigdor | ||||||||||
| 123 | Avigdor | Avidor | Hebrew (Bible: I Chron.4:18) and Talmud (Megila 13) | Son of Gdor, name given to Moshe | ||||||||
| 124 | Avinu | Avino | Hebrew | Our father; name given to a convert to Judaism, shortened from: Ben Abraham Avinu = Son of Abraham our Father | ||||||||
| 125 | Avishai | Hebrew (Bible: I Sam.26:6) | Present to my father; commandant in King David’s army. | |||||||||
| 126 | Avramov | See: Abramov | ||||||||||
| 127 | Ayari | Hebrew | Deformation of ‘harari’ = mountainous. Surname of those who came from Montpelier, South France, mont = mount and 'har' means mount | |||||||||
| 128 | Azaria | Azariev | Hebrew (Bible: II Kings 14:21 and Daniel (1:6) | God’s help, 1. Name of Uziyah king of Judea, 2. One of Daniel’s three friends. | ||||||||
| 129 | Azariev | See: Azaria and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 130 | Azikri | Bensikri | Arabic and Hebrew | Arabic diminutive form of Biblical Zacharia; Surname found in Almunia de Doña Godina, Spain in 1461 (Ref.: Sefarad, 1989, 49,2: 263-306) | ||||||||
| 131 | Aziz | Arabic | Beloved, precious; Surname found in Zaragoza, Spain in 1444 (Ref. Sefarad, 1954, 14,2: 372-384 | |||||||||
| 132 | Babain | Turkish or Arabic | Derives from ‘baba’ = father | |||||||||
| 133 | Bakalov | Turkish | Grocer twith Bulgarian suffix ov | |||||||||
| 134 | Bakhar | Bakharov | Bekhar | Behar | Hebrew | Acronym of ‘Ben Kvod haRav’ = Son of the honored Rabbi; Wrongly thought as toponym of Bejar, Spain. In Hebrew texts Bekhar always appears between two given names such as Yaakov Bekhar Abraham for Yaakov son of the honored Rabbi Abraham. | ||||||
| 135 | Bakharov | See: Bakhar and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 136 | Bakhsi | Turkish | Derives from bahsi (pronounced bakhsi) = gift | |||||||||
| 137 | Bakish | Bakisheff | Hebrew or Turkish | 1. Derives from the Hebrew acronym BK"SH = ‘Bnei Kedoshim’ = sons of martyrs. 2. Derives from thr Tukish word bakis = look, care | ||||||||
| 138 | Bakisheff | See: Bakish and the Bulgarian suffix ev/eff | ||||||||||
| 139 | Balan | Hebrew | Bath attendant | |||||||||
| 140 | Bali | Pali | Hebrew or Turkish | 1. Derives from Hebrew ba’ali = my master; 2. Derives from Turkish balli=sweet as honey, a nickname or a profession for 'merchant of honey' Found in Laguna de los Negrillos, Spain, in 1485 (Ref.: Rodríguez Fernández, J. Las juderias de la provincia de León, p.181) | ||||||||
| 141 | Baltano | Italian | Reversed, inverted | |||||||||
| 142 | Balukh | See: Balul | ||||||||||
| 143 | Balul | Balukh | Arabic | Derives from Bahalul = Foul; Surname found in 1492 in Avila, Spain (Ref.: Sefarad, 1975, 35,1-2: 151-158) | ||||||||
| 144 | Bardavid | Hebrew (Bible: I Sam.21:5) and Arm | David- name of the King of Israel, preceded by bar = son of; See also Bendavid | |||||||||
| 145 | Bardo | Deformation of Pardo; See: Pardo | ||||||||||
| 146 | Barhaim | Aramaic and Hebrew | Haim = a given name meaning life, preceded by bar = son of | |||||||||
| 147 | Barisak | Barsas | Hebrew (Bible: Gen.17:19) and Aramaic | Isak deriving from Yitshak- name of the Patriarch, preceded by Bar = son of | ||||||||
| 148 | Barnatan | Hebrew (Bible: II Sam.7:2) and Arm | Natan the prophet, preceded by bar = son of | |||||||||
| 149 | Barnissim | Aramaic and Hebrew | Nisim = miracles, commentator of the Talmud, 11th cent, preceded by bar = son of | |||||||||
| 150 | Baron | See: Varon |