Joffe

Joffe (Joffé, Иоффе, Ioffe, Yoffe) is a Hebrew-language surname, a variant of Jaffe.[2] Notable people with this surname include:

יפה, יאָפע
RomanizationJaffe
Jaffé
Yaffe
Ioffe
Joffe
Yuffa
Jouffa
Origin
Language(s)Hebrew
Word/nameyafe
DerivationJaffe
Meaningbeautiful
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See also

References

  1. Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 1394. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
  2. Kaganoff, Benzion C. (1996). A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-56821-953-0. OCLC 34409787. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
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