Zelig (name) explained

Zelig
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	Blessed
Language:	Yiddish
Alternative Spelling:	Zeilig, Zellig, Zelik, Zelick, Selig
Related Names:	Selig, Asher

Zelig (Hebrew: זליג) is a masculine given name and surname, meaning "blessed" in Yiddish. Variants of the name include Zelik and Selig . The name is traditionally paired with the Hebrew name Asher.^{[1] [2]}

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Froim-Zelig Aderca (1891–1962), Romanian writer
• Zelig Bardichever (1903–1937), Yiddish poet
• (1878–1952), educator and Zionist activist
• Zelik Epstein (1914–2009), rabbi
• Zelig Eshhar, Israeli immunologist
• Zellig Harris (1909–1992), American linguist
• Zelig Kalmanovich (1885–1944), philologist, translator, and historian
• (1893–1969), Kabbalist
• Zelig Mogulescu (1858–1914), actor in Yiddish theatre
• Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern (1866-1939), Polish rabbi
• Zelig Newman (1788–1871), writer and educator
• Zelig Pliskin (1946–), American rabbi
• Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953), rabbi
• (1966–), Israeli media personality
• Simcha Zelig Reguer (1864–1942), dayyan
• (1933–2015), Israeli artist
• Zelig Sharfstein (1928–2008), Chabad rabbi
• Zelig Shtorch (1946–), Israeli athlete
• Ḥayyim Zelig Slonimski (1810–1904), Maskilic writer, scientist, and rabbi
• Osher Zelig Weiss (1953–), posek

Surname

• Dariusz Zelig (1957–), Polish basketball player
• Jack Zelig (1888–1912), American gangster
• Mirka Mora, (1928–2018), Australian artist

See also

• • • • Seeliger
• Seligmann (disambiguation)
• Seligman (disambiguation)
• Zelikovitch

Notes and References

1. Book: Kaganoff, B. C. . A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History . J. Aronson. 1996 . 978-1-4616-2720-3 . 210.
2. Encyclopedia: Selig. Hanks . Patrick . Kate. Hardcastle. Hodges . Flavia . A Dictionary of First Names. 2nd . 2006 . 978-0-19-172667-5 .