The seventeen European GNDBs which you can search using the input form below contain sets of the Primary and Subsidiary names ("Old" - mostly Yiddish, and "New" - mainly Yiddishized German names) authorized by the rabbis to be written in a Get. They also contain the OTHER names which cannot be written in a Get (e.g., diminutives, and names of endearment). In addition to searching for names in any of these three categories, you can also search for the vernacular names adopted by European emigra
http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/GivenNames/
Contains specific information for the following countries:
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 Argentina
 Australia
 Austria
 Belarus
 Brazil
 Czech Republic
 Denmark
 France
 Germany
 Israel
 Latvia
 Lithuania
 Mexico
 Netherlands
 Poland
 South Africa
 Uruguay
The site is listed in the following categories: Searchable Databases
Date added:
Friday, May 11, 2007
Submitted by:
Yehudad
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