Female Yiddish Names

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1. ALTE (אַלְטָע): Yiddish name meaning "old" or "old woman." 

2. BAILE (בֵּיילֶע): Yiddish form of Hebrew Bilhah, meaning "weak, troubled, old."

3. BASHA (בַאשָׁא): Yiddish form of Hebrew Basya, meaning "daughter of God."
4. BASHE (בַאשֶׁע): Variant spelling of Yiddish Basha, meaning "daughter of God."
5. BAYLA: Variant spelling of Yiddish Baile, meaning "weak, troubled, old."
6. BEYLA: Variant spelling of Yiddish Baile, meaning "weak, troubled, old."
7. BEYLKE: Pet form of Yiddish Baile, meaning "weak, troubled, old."
8. BINE: 
   1. Short form of Danish Jacobine, meaning "supplanter."
   2. Yiddish name derived from the word bin(e), meaning "bee."
9. BINKE: Pet form of Yiddish Bine, meaning "bee."
10. BLUMA (בְּלוּמָא): Yiddish name meaning "flower." Also spelled Blume.
11. BLUME (בְּלוּמֶע): Variant form of Yiddish Bluma, meaning "flower."
12. BREINDEL (בְּרַיינְדל): Yiddish name meaning "brunette."
13. BRINA (בְּרַיינָא): Yiddish name meaning "brown."
14. CHARNA: Yiddish name derived from the Slavic word for "dark."
15. CHARNETTE: Possibly a pet form for Yiddish Charna, meaning "dark."
16. DINE: Yiddish form of Hebrew Diynah, meaning "judgment."
17. DVOIRE: Yiddish form of Hebrew Devorah, meaning "bee."
18. EIDEL (אֵיידֶעל): Yiddish name meaning "delicate, gentle."
19. ELKIE: Feminine form of Yiddish Elkan, meaning either "God bought" or "God is jealous."
20. FAIGA (פֵייגָא): Variant spelling of Yiddish Feiga, meaning "fig."
21. FAIGEL (פֵייגל): Variant spelling of Yiddish Feigel, meaning "bird." 
22. FEIGA (פֵייגָא): Variant spelling of Yiddish Feige, meaning "fig."
23. FEIGE (פֵייגֶע): Yiddish name derived from the word fayg, meaning "fig."
24. FEIGEL (פֵייגל): Variant spelling of Yiddish Feygl, meaning "bird."
25. FEYGL: Yiddish translation of Hebrew Tsipporah, derived from the vocabulary word foygl, meaning "bird." 
26. FRAYDA: Yiddish name meaning "joy, rejoicing."
27. FRAYDE: Variant spelling of Yiddish Frayda, meaning "joy, rejoicing."
28. FREIDA:
    1. Variant spelling of German Frieda, meaning "peaceful ruler."
    2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Frayda, meaning "joy, rejoicing."

29. FREYDE: Variant spelling of Yiddish Frayde, meaning "joy, rejoicing."

30. FRUMA (פרוּמָא): Yiddish name meaning "pious one."
31. FRUME (פרוּמֶע): Variant spelling of Yiddish Fruma, meaning "pious one."
32. GITEL (גִּיטל): Yiddish name meaning "good."
33. GITELE (גִּיטל): Variant spelling of Yiddish Gitel, meaning "good."
34. GITTEL (גִּיטל): Variant spelling of Yiddish Gitel, meaning "good."
35. GLUCKE (גְּלוּקֶע): Yiddish name meaning "good luck."
36. GLUCKEL (גְּלוּקל): Pet form of Yiddish Glucke, meaning "good luck."
37. GLUKE: Variant spelling of Yiddish Glucke, meaning "good luck."
38. GLUKEL: Pet form of Yiddish Gluke, meaning "good luck."
39. GOLDA (גּוֹלְדָה): Yiddish name meaning "golden." Compare with masculine Golda.
40. GOLDE: 
    1. Feminine form of Old English Golda, meaning "gold."
    2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Golda, meaning "golden."
41. GOLDIE: 
    1. From an English pet name meaning "a blonde."
    2. Pet form of Yiddish Golda, meaning "golden." 
42. HENDA: Variant spelling of Yiddish Hende, meaning "favor; grace."
43. HENDE (הֶענְדֶע): Variant form of Yiddish Heneh, meaning "favor; grace."
44. HENDEL: Variant form of Yiddish Hende, meaning "favor; grace."
45. HENE: Variant spelling of Yiddish Heneh, meaning "favor; grace."
46. HENEH (הֶענֶע): Yiddish form of Hebrew Channah, meaning "favor; grace."
47. HENNA (Yiddish: הֶנָא): 
    1. Yiddish form of Hebrew Channah, meaning "favor; grace."
    2. Finnish form of Hebrew Channah, meaning "favor; grace."
48. HODE (הָאדֶע): Yiddish form for Hebrew Hadaccah, meaning "myrtle tree."
49. HODEH: Variant spelling of Yiddish Hode, meaning "myrtle tree."
50. HODEL (הָאדֶעל): Pet form of Yiddish Hode, meaning "myrtle tree."
51. HUDE (הוּדֶע): Yiddish form for Hebrew Hadaccah, meaning "myrtle tree."
52. HUDEL (הָאדל): Pet form of Yiddish Hude, meaning "myrtle tree."
53. HUDES: Yiddish form of Hebrew Yehuwdiyth, meaning "Jewess" or "praised."
54. ITA (Yiddish: אִיטָא): 
    1. Variant spelling of Irish Íde, meaning "industrious."
    2. Yiddish form of English Yetta, meaning "little home-ruler."
55. KAYLA (Yiddish: קִיילֶע): 
    1. Variant form of English Kayley, meaning "slender."
    2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Kayle, a form of Latin Cælia, probably meaning "heaven." 
56. KAYLE: Yiddish form of Latin Cælia, probably meaning "heaven."
57. KREINDEL (קְרַיינדל): Pet form of Yiddish Kreine, meaning "crown."
58. KREINE (קְרַיינֶע): Yiddish name derived from German krone, meaning "crown."
59. KYLA: 
    1. Feminine form of Scottish unisex Kyle, meaning "slender."
    2. Variant form of Hebrew Kelila, meaning "crown" or "laurel." Used as a Yiddish name.
60. KYLE: 
    1. Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, from the name of various places derived from the Gaelic element caol "narrow," hence "slender." 
    2. Variant form of Hebrew Kelila, meaning "crown" or "laurel." Used as a Yiddish name.
61. LEEBA (לִיבָּא): 
    1. Variant spelling of Hebrew Liba, meaning "heart."
    2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Liba, meaning "love." 
62. LIBA (לִיבָּא):
    1. Variant form of Hebrew Libe, meaning "heart."
    2. Variant form of Yiddish Libe, meaning "love."
63. LIBE (לִיבֶּע): 
    1. Hebrew name derived from the word lev, meaning "heart."
    2. Yiddish form of German liebe, meaning "love."

64. MIRELE (מִירל): Yiddish form of Hebrew Miryam, meaning "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion." 

65. NESCHUME: User submitted name of a vessel. It is the Yiddish word for "soul."

66. PERLE: Yiddish name meaning "pearl."

67. RAINA (Yiddish: רֵיינָא):
    1. Chamoru name meaning "queen."
    2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure." 
68. RAINE (רֵיינֶע): Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure."
69. RAISA (Arabic: رئيسة, Russian: Раи́са, Yiddish: רֵייזָא): 
    1. Feminine form of Arabic Rais, meaning "chief, leader."
    2. Russian name meaning "easy, prepared."
    3. Yiddish name meaning "rose."
70. RAISE (רֵייזָע): Variant spelling of Yiddish Raisa, meaning "rose."
71. RAISEL: Diminutive form of Yiddish Raise ("rose"), hence "little rose."
72. RAYNA (Bulgarian: Райна, Yiddish: רֵיינָא): 
    1. Bulgarian form of Latin Regina, meaning "queen." 
    2. Yiddish form of French Catherine, meaning "pure."
73. RAYNE (Yiddish: רֵיינֶע):
    1. Medieval English name derived from Old French reine (Latin regina), meaning "queen."
    2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure."
74. REINA:
    1. Spanish name meaning "queen."
    2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure."
75. REINE: 
    1. French form of Latin Regina, meaning "queen."
    2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure."
76. REYNA: 
    1. Variant spelling of Spanish Reina, meaning "queen."
    2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure."

77. RUCHEL: Yiddish form of Hebrew Rachel, meaning "ewe."

78. SELDA: Variant spelling of Yiddish Zelda, meaning "happiness, joy."

79. SHAINA (שֵׁיינָא): Variant spelling of Yiddish Sheina, meaning "beautiful."
80. SHAINDEL (שֵׁיינדֶל): Variant spelling of Yiddish Sheindel, meaning "beautiful."
81. SHANA: 
    1. Anglicized form of Welsh Siani, meaning "God is gracious."
    2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Shaina, meaning "beautiful."
82. SHAYNA: Variant spelling of Yiddish Sheina, meaning "beautiful."
83. SHAYNAH: Variant spelling of Yiddish Shayna, meaning "beautiful."
84. SHAYNE: 
    1. Feminine form of English Shane, meaning "God is gracious."
    2. Variant form of Yiddish Sheina, meaning "beautiful."
85. SHEINA (שֵׁיינָא): Yiddish name meaning "beautiful."
86. SHEINDEL (שֵׁיינדֶל): Pet form of Yiddish Sheina, meaning "beautiful."
87. SHEINE: Variant spelling of Yiddish Sheina, meaning "beautiful."
88. SHPRINTZA (שְׁפּרִינְצָא): Yiddish form of Spanish Esperanza, meaning "hope."
89. SHPRINTZE (שְׁפּרִינְצֶע): Variant spelling of Yiddish Shprintza, meaning "hope."
90. SHPRINTZEL (שְׁפּרִינְצל): Pet form of Yiddish Shprintze, meaning "hope."

91. SISEL (סִיסל): Yiddish name meaning "sweet."

92. TOIBA: Variant spelling of Yiddish Toibe, meaning "dove."
93. TOIBE (טוֹיבֶּע): Yiddish name meaning "dove."

94. TZEITEL (צַייטֶעל): Yiddish pet form of Hebrew Sarah, meaning "noble lady, princess." 

95. TZOFIYA (צוֹפִיָה): Yiddish form of Hebrew Tzofi, meaning "guard" or "scout." 

96. VELVELA (וֶולוֶולא): Feminine form of Yiddish Velvel, meaning "wolf."

97. YACHNA (יַחְנָא): Variant spelling of Yiddish Yachne, meaning "God is gracious."
98. YACHNE (יַחְנֶע): Yiddish form of Hebrew Yochana, meaning "God is gracious." 
99. YENTA (יֶענְטָא): Yiddish form of French gentille, meaning "aristocratic; noble," or, literally, "nice; well-meaning; good-hearted." 
100. YENTE (יֶענטֶע): Variant form of Yiddish Yenta, meaning "aristocratic; noble," or, literally, "nice; well-meaning; good-hearted." 
101. YENTEL (יֶענְטל): Pet form of Yiddish Yente, meaning "aristocratic; noble," or, literally, "nice; well-meaning; good-hearted." 
102. YENTL: Variant spelling of Yiddish Yentel, meaning "aristocratic; noble," or, literally, "nice; well-meaning; good-hearted." 
103. YIDEL: Yiddish pet form of Hebrew Yehudit, meaning "Jewess" or "praised."
104. YITTA (יִטָא): Yiddish form of Polish-Jewish Yetta, meaning "little home-ruler."
105. YUTKE (יוּטְקֶע): Yiddish form of Hebrew Yehuwdiyth, meaning "Jewess" or "praised."
106. ZELDA (Yiddish: זֶעלְדֶע): 
     1. Short form of German Griselda, meaning "gray battle maid." 
     2. Yiddish form of German Salida, meaning "happiness, joy." 
107. ZELDE: Variant spelling of Yiddish Zelda, meaning "happiness, joy."
108. ZISEL: Possibly a variant spelling of Yiddish Zissele, meaning "sweet."
109. ZISSE (זִיסֶע): Yiddish name meaning "sweet."
110. ZISSELE (זִיסְעֶלֶע): Pet form of Yiddish Zisse, meaning "sweet."
111. ZLATA (Yiddish: זְלַאטָא): 
     1. Croatian feminine form of Croatian/Serbian Zlatan, meaning "gold."
     2. Yiddish form of Polish Zlota, meaning "golden."
112. ZLATE (זְלַאטֶע): Variant form of Yiddish Zlata, meaning "golden."
113. ZOFIA: 
     1. Polish form of Greek Sophia, meaning "wisdom."
     2. Variant spelling of Yiddish Tzofiya, meaning "guard" or "scout."

114. ZUSA: Yiddish name meaning "sweet."