Joffe Explained

Hebrew: יפה, Yiddish: יאָפע
Romanization:	Jaffe Jaffé Yaffe Ioffe Joffe Yuffa Jouffa
Language origin:	Hebrew
Origin:	yafe
Derivation:	Jaffe
Meaning:	beautiful
Footnotes:	^[1]

Joffe (Joffé, Иоффе, Ioffe, Yoffe) is a Hebrew-language surname, a variant of Jaffe.^[2] Notable people with this surname include:

Abraham Z. Joffe, Soviet and then Israeli mycologist
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe, Russian physicist
Adolph Joffe (Adolf Joffe), Russian Marxist revolutionary and Soviet politician
Avraham Yoffe, Israeli general and politician
Boris Yoffe (born 1968), Russian-born Israeli composer
Carole Joffe, American sociologist and reproductive rights advocate
Chantal Joffe, English painter
Charles H. Joffe, American film producer
Dina Joffe (born 1952), Latvian pianist, Israeli citizen
Emily Yoffe, American journalist
Inna Yoffe (born 1988), Israeli Olympic synchronized swimmer
Jasper Joffe, British contemporary artist and novelist
Joel Joffe, Lord Joffe, British life peer, former head of Oxfam, former lawyer to Nelson Mandela
Josef Joffe, German and American journalist and international studies scholar
Julia Ioffe, Russian-American journalist and blogger
Manne Joffe, Swedish chess master
Mark Joffe, Australian film director
Mordecai Yoffe, East European rabbi and Judaism scholar
Nadezhda Joffe, Soviet Trotskyist
Rodney Joffe, internet entrepreneur and an internet data expert
Roland Joffé, English-French film director
Yudl Yoffe, Yiddish writer, translator and sculptor

Notes and References

Book: Patrick Hanks
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Book: Kaganoff , Benzion C. . A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. Jason Aronson. Northvale, N.J.. 1996. 978-1-56821-953-0. 34409787. 163. 2018-12-19.