Velvel
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Yiddish |
| Meaning | "Little wolf" |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Velvl, Welwel |
| Related names | Wolf, Ze'ev, Zev Wolf |
Velvel, Velvl (Yiddish: װעלװעל, װעלװל), or Welwel is a Yiddish masculine given name, meaning "little wolf." It is a diminutive of the name Volf, and often paired with the Hebrew name Benjamin or Ze'ev, as in Genesis 49:27 the tribe of Benjamin is compared to a wolf,[1] and Ze'ev means wolf. Notable people with the name include:
- Velvl Chernnin (born 1958), Yiddish poet, Israeli ethnographer, translator, and literary scholar
- Velvl Greene (1928–2011), Canadian–American–Israeli scientist and academic
- Velvel Kahan or William Kahan (born 1933), Canadian mathematician and computer scientist
- Velvel Pasternak (1933–2019), Canadian musicologist
- Velvel Soloveitchik (1886–1959), Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Brisk yeshiva in Jerusalem
- Velvel Zbarjer (1824–1884), Broder singer (Jewish itinerant performer)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Genesis 49:27 | Sefaria Library". www.sefaria.org. Retrieved 2026-04-28.