{"id":2724,"date":"2023-07-27T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/?page_id=2724"},"modified":"2024-08-29T20:48:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T01:48:16","slug":"jewish-mens-names-in-16th-century-turkey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/turkish-names\/jewish-names\/jewish-mens-names-in-16th-century-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Men’s Names in 16th-Century Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Almost all of the names on this list are the names of the deceased, and the date is the Georgian year in which they died. However, in the case of rare names, or names that had no deceased before the year 1600, I drew names and dates from the list of names of the fathers and spouses of the deceased. In these cases, the date is the Georgian year in which their son or wife died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aharon<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05d4\u05e8\u05df Aharon, 1584, 1586, 1621<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Akiva<\/strong>
\u05e2\u05e7\u05d9\u05d1\u05d4 Akiva, 1615<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Azas<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05dc \u05e2\u05d6\u05e1 Al Azas, 1587<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asher<\/strong>
Hebrew, “happy”
\u05d0\u05e9\u05e8 Asher, 1590<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avraham<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05d4\u05dd Avraham, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1587, 1589, 1590, 1593, 1594, 1595, 1597, 1601, 1602, 1603, 1607, 1613, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1618, 1623<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avram<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05d1\u05e8\u05dd Avram, 1608<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barouch<\/strong>
\u05d1\u05e8\u05d5\u05da Barouch, 1585, 1597<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dani’el<\/strong>
\u05d3\u05e0\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc Dani’el, 1611<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David<\/strong>
Hebrew, “friend of God”
\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 David, 1584, 1596, 1605, 1608, 1624<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Efraim
\u05d0\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd Efraim, 1597<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eliezer<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05dc\u05d9\u05e2\u05d6\u05e8 Eliezer, 1585, 1592, 1597
\u05d0\u05dc\u05e2\u05d6\u05e8 El’azar, 1584, 1596, 1601, 1608
\u05d0\u05e4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eliya<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05dc\u05d9\u05d0 Eliya, 1587, 1600, 1607, 1611, 1617, 1618, 1621
\u05d0\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 Eliyah, 1585, 1596<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eliyas<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05dc\u05d9\u05d0\u05e9 Eliyas, 1587<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eliau<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05dc\u05d9\u05d0\u05d5 Eliau, 1595<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elyakim<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05dc\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd Elyakim, 1582, 1623<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gershon<\/strong>
\u05d2\u05e8\u05e9\u05d5\u05df Gershon, 1590<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goliya<\/strong>
\u05d2\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05d9\u05d0 Goliya, 1622<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hananiah<\/strong>
\u05d7\u05e0\u05e0\u05d9\u05d9\u05d0 Hananiah, 1595<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hayim<\/strong>
Hebrew, “life”
\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd Hayim, 1600, 1612, 1615, 1618, 1619, 1624<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalonymos<\/strong>
Greek, “good name.” Possibly a translation of Shem Tov.
\u05e7\u05dc\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05e1 Kalonymos, 1605<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelev<\/strong>
Hebrew, “dog”
\u05db\u05dc\u05d1 Kelev, 1586<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Menasheh<\/strong>
Hebrew, “causing to forget” or “one who forgets”
\u05de\u05e0\u05e9\u05d4 Menashe, 1585<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mosheh<\/strong>
Hebrew, “drawn out”
\u05de\u05e9\u05d4 Mosheh, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1586,1587, 1590, 1592, 1603, 1610, 1612, 1616, 1617, 1618, 1620, 1625<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nisim<\/strong>
\u05e0\u05e1\u05d9\u05dd Nisim, 1590, 1614, 1616, 1619, 1622<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polichrono<\/strong>
\u05e4\u05d5\u05dc\u05d9\u05db\u05e8\u05d5\u05e0\u05d5 Polichrono, 1585, 1593<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sasson<\/strong>
\u05e9\u05e9\u05d5\u05df Sasson, 1596, 1614<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shabetai<\/strong>
\u05e9\u05d1\u05ea\u05d9 Shabetai, 1590, 1595, 1601, 1623<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shalom<\/strong>
Hebrew, “peace”
\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd Shalom, 1585, 1612, 1614<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaul<\/strong>
Hebrew, “asked for”
\u05e9\u05d0\u05d5\u05dc Shaul, 1606, 1607<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelomoh<\/strong>
Hebrew, “his peace”
\u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4 Shelomoh, 1582, 1599, 1608, 1610, 1612, 1616<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shemariah<\/strong>
\u05e9\u05de\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0 Shemariah, 1616
\u05e9\u05de\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4 Shemariah, 1619<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shem Tov<\/strong>
Hebrew, “good name”
\u05e9\u05dd \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1 Shem Tov, 1585, 1607<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simha<\/strong>
Hebrew, “joy”
\u05e9\u05de\u05d7\u05d4 Simha, 1584<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uziel<\/strong>
\u05e2\u05d5\u05d6\u05d9\u05d0\u05dc Uziel, 1583<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vidal<\/strong>
Latin vitalis, “lively”; possibly a translation of Haim
\u05d5\u05d9\u05d3\u05dc Vidal, 1583<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ya’aqov<\/strong>
Hebrew, “supplanter”
\u05d9\u05e2\u05e7\u05d1 Ya’aqov, 1581, 1583, 1584, 1585, 1587, 1588, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1593, 1598, 1601, 1603, 1605, 1610, 1614, 1615, 1616, 1621<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yitzhaq<\/strong>
Hebrew, “he will laugh”
\u05d9\u05e6\u05d7\u05e7 Yitzhaq, 1583, 1585, 1589, 1590, 1592, 1596, 1597, 1598, 1601, 1602, 1604, 1608, 1611, 1612, 1614, 1618, 1621, 1622, 1624<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yom Tet<\/strong>
\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d8’ Yom Tet, 1598<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yom Tov<\/strong>
Hebrew, “holiday”
\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1 Yom Tov, 1590<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yosef<\/strong>
Hebrew, “may he add”
\u05d9\u05d5\u05e1\u05e3 Yosef, 1585, 1590, 1592, 1606, 1611, 1614, 1615, 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zekariya<\/strong>, Zakeriya?
\u05d6\u05db\u05e8\u05d9\u05d4 Zechariah, 1585
\u05d6\u05db\u05e8\u05d9\u05d0 Zekariya, 1621<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Almost all of the names on this list are the names of the deceased, and the date is the Georgian year in which they died. However, in the case of rare names, or names that had no deceased before the year 1600, I drew names and dates from the list\u2026<\/p>\n

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