Female name: Gisha
Helene Bergman
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Just came across the name "Gisha" as a Hebrew name. Although I'm skeptical
about these equivalences, her English name was Hilda. I don't know her
country of origin, but I have the additional clue that her son's middle
name is Gersh rather than Hersh, but I haven't heard of Hisha as a name
either. Anyone out there with a clue?
Haven't posted my name list for a while, so here it is:
ALEXANDER, FARFEL, MEYER, SCHWARTZ, SPIVAK(OFF), WAHRENBURG, WARSHAVSKY,
WECHSLER, WOLF
Lanie Bergman
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Udi Cain
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> Just came across the name "Gisha" as a Hebrew name. Although I'm skeptical
> about these equivalences, her English name was Hilda. I don't know her
> country of origin, but I have the additional clue that her son's middle
> name is Gersh rather than Hersh, but I haven't heard of Hisha as a name
> either. Anyone out there with a clue?
> Lanie Bergman
Dear Lanie.
"My logic" says: Gisha / Hisha, nicknames for Gilda / Hilda.
I don't know of such Hebrew name, but I suppose that if it's not nickname
than it might be in Yiddish (but that is for another fellow to answer).
Regards. Udi Cain.
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Judith S. Langer-Surnamer Caplan
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name "Gisha." Perhaps the name being alluded to is a variant of Gissa
which was my late mother's Hebrew/Jewish name. The name Gisse is listed
on page 65 of Rabbi Gorr's book, _Jewish Personal Names_, with meaning,
and probable etymological origin, along with variations on the theme
such as Gissela and Gizze.
Up, Roots!
Judi Langer-Surnamer Caplan, Long Beach, NY
>Just came across the name "Gisha" as a Hebrew name. Although I'm skeptical
>about these equivalences, her English name was Hilda. I don't know her
>country of origin, but I have the additional clue that her son's middle
>name is Gersh rather than Hersh, but I haven't heard of Hisha as a name
>either. Anyone out there with a clue?
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Carol Cohn
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>Just came across the name "Gisha" as a Hebrew name. Although I'm skeptical
>about these equivalences, her English name was Hilda. I don't know her
>country of origin, but I have the additional clue that her son's middle
>name is Gersh rather than Hersh, but I haven't heard of Hisha as a name
>either. Anyone out there with a clue?
Don't know how much of a 'clue' this is, but my ggf's wife (2nd marriage)
was named Gissa (passenger manifest refers to her as Gisia), and her
Anglicized name was Gussie, though family continued to call her Gissa.
She was from Ukraine, born in the 1880's. Hope it helps somewhat.
Carol Kunkis Cohn
Newport Beach, CA
Searching:
KOSSOI/KOSSOY/KOSOFF - Vetka, Gomel, Chechersk, Zagor'ye, Mogilev, Belarus;
KUNKIS - Glubokoye, Belarus
SCHRIER - Yarmolinits, Kaminets-Podolsk, Ukraine
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Stan Goodman
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Giselle is rendered in Yiddish. A similar distortion is "Shprinza" for
Esperanza, and there are others.
On Fri, 3 Nov 2000 01:59:36, judi...@aol.com (Judith S.
Langer-Surnamer Caplan) opined:
Helene Bergman <Helene...@netscape.net> recently asked about the
name "Gisha." Perhaps the name being alluded to is a variant of Gissa
which was my late mother's Hebrew/Jewish name. The name Gisse is
listed on page 65 of Rabbi Gorr's book, _Jewish Personal Names_, with
meaning, and probable etymological origin, along with variations on the
theme such as Gissela and Gizze.
Up, Roots!
Judi Langer-Surnamer Caplan, Long Beach, NY
>Just came across the name "Gisha" as a Hebrew name. Although I'm
>skeptical about these equivalences, her English name was Hilda. I
>don't know her country of origin, but I have the additional clue
>that her son's middle name is Gersh rather than Hersh, but I haven't
>heard of Hisha as a name either. Anyone out there with a clue?
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Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel
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NEACHOWICZ/NOACHOWICZ, NEJMAN/NAJMAN, ROKITA: From Lomza Gubernia
ISMACH: From Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina
HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: From Dorohoi District, Romania
GRISARU, VATARU: From Iasi, Romania
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On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 15:28:19 +0200 "Prof. G. L. Esterson"
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> The Yiddish name Gisha was indeed used for females in Lithuania.
> Some of the other Yiddish names linked to this one are:
>
> Gisa, Gise, Gisha, Gishe, Gisia, Giza, Gize
>
> and some diminutives are:
>
> Gisl, Gisala, Gisale
>
> The main differences between the first group of these names is their
> pronunciation.
>
> The name was also used in Ukraine.
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Ury Link
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The female name Gisha was nickname to the Hebrew name Tova. The way
is very easy. Tova nickname is normally Gitel or Gutel or Gitta in
Yiddish. Special in Russia the Jews used to called Gitel as Gisel and
Gita as Gisha . My source is the "Beit Shmuel" in his commentary to
the "Shulchan Aruch" and from "Ohalei Shem" by Solomon Ganzfried,
Ungevar 1878. It is very common in words or names that the T is changed
to a S. the best sample is the Hebrew word Shabat that change in Yiddish
to Shabes.
Best regards
Ury Link
Amsterdam
Holland
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Prof. G. L. Esterson
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>Just came across the name "Gisha" as a Hebrew name. Although I'm skeptical
>about these equivalences, her English name was Hilda. I don't know her
>country of origin, but I have the additional clue that her son's middle
>name is Gersh rather than Hersh, but I haven't heard of Hisha as a name
>either. Anyone out there with a clue?
The Yiddish name Gisha was indeed used for females in Lithuania. Some
of the other Yiddish names linked to this one are:
Gisa, Gise, Gisha, Gishe, Gisia, Giza, Gize
and some diminutives are:
Gisl, Gisala, Gisale
The main differences between the first group of these names is their
pronunciation.
The name was also used in Ukraine.
Shabbat shalom,
Prof. G. L. Esterson, Ra'anana, Israel
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