Given name · Yiddish
פֿײַוול
“living”
פֿײַוול (fayvl) is a masculine given name, possibly from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Old Italian. It is used in Yiddish.
YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: fayvl.
Meaning & origin
What it means
פֿײַוול possibly goes back to Latin vivus, meaning “living.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
פֿײַוול possibly comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Old Italian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Yiddish usage, פֿײַוול developed from Fabius. In Yiddish usage, פֿײַוול developed from Phoebus.
פֿײַוול’s family of names
In Yiddish usage, פֿײַוול developed from the Latin form Fabius. In Yiddish usage, פֿײַוול can be written in the Roman alphabet as fayvl. In Yiddish usage, פֿײַוול developed from the Latin form Phoebus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
פֿײַוול has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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