Margolies Explained

Margolies is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word (Israeli Hebrew pronounced as /[maʁɡali'jot])/, meaning 'pearls'. Notable people with the surname include:

• Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky (born 1942), American politician from Philadelphia.
• Moses S. Margolies (1851–1936), Russian-born American Orthodox rabbi.
• Rob Margolies (born 1983), American film director and screenwriter
• Reuvein Margolies (1889–1971), Israeli author and Talmudic scholar.

See also

• Margolis
• Margules
• Margulis
• Margulies
• Margolyes
• Margolus