| Surname | Variant 1 | Variant 2 | Variant 3 | Linguistic Origin | Meaning | |||||||
| 301 | Duenias | Spanish | Toponym of Dueñas, in Castilla y Leon province, Spain. There are also several Spanish localities including Dueñas in their names | |||||||||
| 302 | Dura | Spanish | Toponym of Duras, La Coruna province, Spain; Surname found in Valencia, Spain in 1357 (Ref.: Sefarad, 1979, 39,2: 309-331) | |||||||||
| 303 | Efraim | Efraimov | Efraimoglu | Hebrew (Bible: Gen.41:52) | Name of Joseph’s son | |||||||
| 304 | Efraimoglu | See: Efraim and Turkish. suffix oglu = son of | ||||||||||
| 305 | Efraimov | See: Efraim and Bulgarian suffix ov | ||||||||||
| 306 | Ehiel | See: Yehiel | ||||||||||
| 307 | Elazar | Lazarov | Hebrew (Bible: Ex.6:23) | God helped, name of Aaron’s third son and his heir as Cohen Gadol (Great Priest) | ||||||||
| 308 | Eli | Iliev | Hebrew (Bible: I Sam.4:15) | Great or superior, The Great Priest in Shilo. Wrongly interpretated as the diminutive of Eliahu, the prophet. Surname foun in 1417 in Epila, Zaragoza province, Spain (Ref. Sefarad, 1995, 55,1:127-146) | ||||||||
| 309 | Eliakim | Hebrew (Bible: II Kings,18:18) | God will support; Name of the minister of King Hezkiyahu; Found spelled Elyaquim in León Tello, Pilar, Judios de Toledo, v.2:: 127 | |||||||||
| 310 | Elias | Eliya | Hebrew (Bible: I Kings 17:1) and Grk | He is God, Greek version of of the name Eliahu, the prophet,.used in the famous Septuagenta Bible translation to Greek | ||||||||
| 311 | Eliezer | Hebrew (Bible: Gen.15:2) | God’s help; Servant of Abraham | |||||||||
| 312 | Eliya | See: Elias, Shortened form of Eliahu | ||||||||||
| 313 | Elnekave | Arabic | Deformation of Ankawa = the purity. Name of an ancient famous family from Toledo. Often wrong interpretated as being of Hebrew origin for ‘In God we hope’. This doesn’t fit the historical analysis | |||||||||
| 314 | Emanuel | Hebrew (Bible: Isaiah 7:14) | God is with us; Son of Isaiah the prophet; Surname found in Zaragoza, Spain in 1463 (Ref.: Sefarad, 1960, 20,2: 407-417), under the spelling Ymanuel | |||||||||
| 315 | Enni | See: Yeni | ||||||||||
| 316 | Erera | Spanish | Toponym of Los Herrera in Almeria province or of Herrera de Duero in Valladolid province | |||||||||
| 317 | Ergas | Greek | Derives from ‘ergasia’ = work | |||||||||
| 318 | Eruham | See: Yeruham | ||||||||||
| 319 | Eshaya | Hebrew (Bible: Isaiah’s book) | Derives from Yeshaya (the prophet Isaiah) = God will save. | |||||||||
| 320 | Eshkenazi | Ashkenazi | Eskenazi | Shkenazi | Hebrew | German; name given to people coming from Germany. A wave of Jews' migration from Germany to Bulgaria occurred in1470 when expelled from Bavaria. By extension, Jews from Eastern Europe who reached the territories of the Ottoman Empire. During the British Mandate of Eretz Israel, someone so called changed his name into: Ashkenazi | ||||||
| 321 | Eshua | See: Yeoshua; Surname found in Pancorbo (Burgos province),Spain in 1304. (Ref.: Sefarad, 1943, 3,1:155-166) | ||||||||||
| 322 | Eskenazi | See: Eshkenazi | ||||||||||
| 323 | Estrumtsa | See: Strumtsa | ||||||||||
| 324 | Ezra | Aramaic and Hebrew ( Bible: Ezra 7:1) | Name of the head of Babyloninan immigrants who came to Jerusalem to built the 2nd Temple, means Help [of God]; | |||||||||
| 325 | Fais | German | Deformation of weiss = white; Surname of Ashkenazi origin | |||||||||
| 326 | Fanes | See: Mefano | ||||||||||
| 327 | Fani | See: Mefano | ||||||||||
| 328 | Fano | See: Mefano | ||||||||||
| 329 | Faradji | Fradj | Faragi | Farashi | Arabic or Spanish | 1. Derives from faradj = savior (synonym of Hebrew Mashiah) 2. Relief 3. Toponym of Farache - a village in Murcia province, Spain. Surname found spelled Farach in in 1330 Medina de Pomar, Burgos province, Spain (Ref. Sefarad, 1985, 45,2: 237-280) | ||||||
| 330 | Faragi | See: Faradji | ||||||||||
| 331 | Farashi | See: Faradji | ||||||||||
| 332 | Farchi | See: Farhi | ||||||||||
| 333 | Farhi | Farchi | Farkhi | Hebrew | Derives from Haparhi meaning “full of flowers” (The first holder the the name was Ishtori haparhi lived during the 13th century in Provence, France, under the protection of the Popes of Avignon. In 1306, Ishtori and his brothers were expelled from France and moved back to Florenza, Andalusia ( Spain). Shortly after, Ishtori traveled to Egypt and Palestine). (See: www.farhi.com) | |||||||
| 334 | Farin | Portuguese or French | Derives from farinha (Portuguese) or farine (French) = flour; Prabably a translation of the Hebrew surname Kamhi.; Surname found preceeded by the article al in Segovia, Spain in 1492. (Ref: Sefarad, 1975, 35,1-2: 151-158) | |||||||||
| 335 | Farjon | Arabic | Healer | |||||||||
| 336 | Farkhi | See: Farhi | ||||||||||
| 337 | Fatshev | See: Fatshi | ||||||||||
| 338 | Fatshi | Fatshev | Italian | 1. Derives from ‘Pace’ = peace; probably a translation of the Hebrew Shalom 2. Derives from ‘face’ = torch, candle | ||||||||
| 339 | Fayon | Fayu | Spanish | Toponym of Fayon, Zaragoza province, Spain. | ||||||||
| 340 | Fayu | See: Fayon | ||||||||||
| 341 | Fernandes | Portuguese | Derives from Fernando = intelligent &Portuguese suffix es | |||||||||
| 342 | Fintz | See: Finzi | ||||||||||
| 343 | Finzi | Fintz | Italian or Hebrew (Bible: Ex.6:25) | 1. Toponym of Faenza, Italy; 2. Derives from Pinhas, son of Eliezer son of Aharon, the Great Priest. In various sources, it is attested that the Finzi family immigrated from South Germany and settled in Italy at least from the 15th century. | ||||||||
| 344 | Florentin | Florentino | Italian | Toponym: "from Florence", Italy. | ||||||||
| 345 | Florentino | See: Florentin | ||||||||||
| 346 | Fortuna | Spanish or Italian | Fortune, luck | |||||||||
| 347 | Fradj | See: Faradji | ||||||||||
| 348 | Frances | Spanish | French. See also Frandji and Sarfati; Surname found in Tudela in 1350 (Ref.: Sefarad,1984, 44,1: 75-141) | |||||||||
| 349 | Franco | Spanish | Frank, honest ; Surname found in1359 in Monreal, Navarra province (Ref.: Sefarad, 11992, 52,2: 355-368) | |||||||||
| 350 | Frandji | Fradj | Arabic | French. See also: Franses and Sarfati; Surname found spelled Frangi in the 14 century in Navarra province (Ref.: Beatrice leroy. Jews of Navarre. Jerusalem, 1985. p.16 ) |