Given name · Yiddish
הירש
“resembling a deer”
הירש (hirsh) is a masculine given name from Middle High German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Yiddish.
YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Hershel.
Meaning & origin
What it means
הירש is Hirsh written in the Hebrew alphabet. Hirsh is a variant of Hershel. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a deer.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
הירש comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German hirz, from Old High German hiruz, from Proto-West Germanic *herut, from Proto-Germanic *herutaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
הירש’s family of names
In English usage, הירש has a diminutive in Hershel. In Yiddish usage, הירש can be written in the Roman alphabet as Hirsh.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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