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: Yiddish name derived from the word bin(e), meaning "bee." Compare with other forms of Bine.
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: Variant spelling of Yiddish Frayda, meaning "joy, rejoicing." Compare with another form of Freida.

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: Variant spelling of Yiddish Golda, meaning "golden." Compare with another form of Golde.
41. GOLDIE: Pet form of Yiddish Golda, meaning "golden." Compare with another form of Goldie.
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 (הֶנָא): Yiddish form of Hebrew Channah, meaning "favor; grace." Compare with another form of Henna.
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 (אִיטָא): Yiddish form of English Yetta, meaning "little home-ruler." Compare with another form of Ita.
55. KAYLA (קִיילֶע): Variant spelling of Yiddish Kayle, a form of Latin Cælia, probably meaning "heaven." Compare with another form of Kayla.
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: Variant form of Hebrew Kelila, meaning "crown" or "laurel." Used as a Yiddish name. Compare with another form of Kyla.
60. KYLE: Variant form of Hebrew Kelila, meaning "crown" or "laurel." Used as a Yiddish name. Compare with another form of Kyle.
61. LEEBA (לִיבָּא): Variant spelling of Yiddish Liba, meaning "love." Compare with another form of Leeba.
62. LIBA (לִיבָּא): Variant form of Yiddish Libe, meaning "love." Compare with another form of Liba.
63. LIBE (לִיבֶּע): Yiddish form of German liebe, meaning "love." Compare with another form of Libe.

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 (רֵיינָא): Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure." Compare with another form of Raina.
68. RAINE (רֵיינֶע): Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure."
69. RAISA (רֵייזָא): Yiddish name meaning "rose." Compare with other forms of Raisa.
70. RAISE (רֵייזָע): Variant spelling of Yiddish Raisa, meaning "rose."
71. RAISEL: Diminutive form of Yiddish Raise ("rose"), hence "little rose."
72. RAYNA (רֵיינָא): Yiddish form of French Catherine, meaning "pure." Compare with another form of Rayna.
73. RAYNE (רֵיינֶע): Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure." Compare with another form of Rayne.
74. REINA: Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure." Compare with another form of Reina.
75. REINE: Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure." Compare with another form of Reine.
76. REYNA: Variant spelling of Yiddish Rayna, meaning "pure." Compare with another form of Reyna.

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: Variant spelling of Yiddish Shaina, meaning "beautiful." Compare with another form of Shana.
82. SHAYNA: Variant spelling of Yiddish Sheina, meaning "beautiful."
83. SHAYNAH: Variant spelling of Yiddish Shayna, meaning "beautiful."
84. SHAYNE: Variant form of Yiddish Sheina, meaning "beautiful." Compare with another form of Shayne.
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 (זֶעלְדֶע): Yiddish form of German Salida, meaning "happiness, joy." Compare with another form of Zelda.
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 (זְלַאטָא): Yiddish form of Polish Złota, meaning "golden." Compare with another form of Zlata.
112. ZLATE (זְלַאטֶע): Variant form of Yiddish Zlata, meaning "golden."
113. ZOFIA: Variant spelling of Yiddish Tzofiya, meaning "guard" or "scout." Compare with another form of Zofia.

114. ZUSA: Yiddish name meaning "sweet."

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