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James Shapiro

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Mar 5, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/5/00
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Fellow genners....

I have started to come across the first name "Orel" in a number
of ancestors. I am interested in knowing the meaning of the name.
Is there an English equivilent. Other than in relatives, the only
time I have seen the name was with the former Dodger pitcher, Orel
Hersheiser.

Thanks...

James Shapiro
Tempe, Arizona

Researching: NEIDORF, Trzcianne, Poland; SHAPIRO, Uzpaliai,
Lithuania; KRUP, Leckava (Latskiva), Lithuania;
OSTROWSKY, Chicago, Illinois; SCHWARTZ, Grodno Gubernya;
GIELCZNSKY, Grodno Gubernya

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Stan Goodman

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Mar 6, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/6/00
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"Orel" is a Slavic word, meaning "Eagle".

On Thu, 1 Jan 1970 02:59:59, sha...@swlink.net (James Shapiro) wrote:

> Fellow genners....
>
> I have started to come across the first name "Orel" in a number
> of ancestors. I am interested in knowing the meaning of the name.
> Is there an English equivilent. Other than in relatives, the only
> time I have seen the name was with the former Dodger pitcher, Orel
> Hersheiser.

--
Stan Goodman, Qiryat Tiv'on, Israel

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ISMACH: From Lomza Gubernia, Galicia, and Ukraina
HERTANU, ABRAMOVICI, LAUER: From Dorohoi District, Romania
GRISARU, VATARU: From Iasi, Romania

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Judith Romney Wegner

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>"Orel" is a Slavic word, meaning "Eagle".
>

Now that is very interesting. Adler, a very common German-jewish surname,
also means "eagle."

Judith Romney Wegner

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Warren Blatt

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Mar 6, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/6/00
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James Shapiro <sha...@swlink.net> wrote:
> I have started to come across the first name "Orel" in a number
> of ancestors. I am interested in knowing the meaning of the name.
> Is there an English equivilent.

"Orel" is a Yiddish diminutive of the Hebrew name "Aharon"
("Aaron" in English).

Warren

Warren Blatt
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Stan Goodman

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Mar 7, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/7/00
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On Thu, 1 Jan 1970 02:59:59, j...@Brown.edu (Judith Romney Wegner) wrote:

> >"Orel" is a Slavic word, meaning "Eagle".
> >
>
> Now that is very interesting. Adler, a very common German-jewish surname,
> also means "eagle."

... and many former "Adlers" have become in Israel Nesher (Eagle) or Nishri
(Eagle-like).

I have always assumed that the reason for European Jews bearing eagle names
is that Europeans are often preoccupied with Jewish noses, supposedly
larger than most others, although G-d knows that there are plenty of large
Nordic and Celtic noses.

--
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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Prof. G. L. Esterson

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The name OREL is linked to the Hebrew name Aharon as follows (for Lithuania):

Hebrew: Aharon
Origin: Exodus 4:14

Yiddish: Aron, Oron, Urin
Yiddish nickname: Arel, Aril, Arka, Ora, Orel, Orka, Orko, Oro, Ortza

European secular: Orelis
Origin: Lithuanian of Orel

The Hebrew name Aharon also forms a Hebrew double name with Hermaln,
yielding: Aharon Hermaln, for which the Yiddish and secular names
corresponding to Aharon would be the same as for Aharon
alone. Researchers should keep this possibility (that the Hebrew name
might be Aharon Hermaln) in mind.

Professor G. L. Esterson, Ra'anana, Israel
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Tom Venetianer

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Mar 8, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/8/00
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Two comments. Eagle in Slavic languages is "orol" not "orel" and the
origin of the surname "Adler" is clearly explained by Benzion
Kaganoff:

<quote>
ADLER - a name derived from medieval and early modern house signs -
There were actually two houses in Frankfurt with the sign of an eagle
(Adler) No. 27, the black eagle and No. 86, the golden eagle.
<end quote>

>| From: gen...@NOSPAMhashkedim.com (Stan Goodman)
>| Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 10:27:17 GMT

>| "Orel" is a Slavic word, meaning "Eagle".

>| I have always assumed that the reason for European Jews bearing
eagle names is that Europeans are often preoccupied with Jewish
noses, supposedly larger than most others,

Seemingly this had nothing to do with the name.

Tom Venetianer <mailto:tom....@uol.com.br>
Sao Paulo - Brazil

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