The fishel Surname
fishel Name Meaning and History
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Fishl,
literally ‘little fish’, used as a vernacular equivalent for the
Biblical Efraym (Ephraim). Ephraim became associated with the
fish because he was blessed by his father Jacob (Genesis 48:16) with
the words veyidgu larov ‘Let them grow into a multitude’, the
verb yidgu, containing the root letters of Hebrew dag
‘fish’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Interested in Redman, Bratsch, Hayes, King, Fishel & Cavalli Families |
 ctrycuri
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| FISHEL Charles I 1885-1965 |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| FISHEL Lola B 1900-1982 |
t42RoseHill
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| FISHEL FAMILY GENEALOGY |
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| FISHEL-LANCASTER DAUPHIN, PA | ANGELA WILSON | 8 |
| Elizabeth FISHEL, b. 1893-5 PA or Ohio |
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| Charles david Fishel |
Curtis Baron-Fishel
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| Adolph Fishel |
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| getting nowhere | Pamela Fishel | 27 |
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