Joffe
| Romanization | Jaffe Jaffé Yaffe Ioffe Joffe Yuffa Jouffa |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Hebrew |
| Word/name | yafe |
| Derivation | Jaffe |
| Meaning | beautiful |
| [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
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles beginning with Joffe
- All pages with titles containing Joffe
- Jaffe family
- Jaffa (disambiguation)
- Jaffee
- Joffa (disambiguation)
- Yoffie
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 1394. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. OCLC 964412220. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
- ^ Kaganoff, Benzion C. (1996). A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-56821-953-0. OCLC 34409787. Retrieved 2018-12-19.
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