| Romanization | Jaffe Jaffee Jaffé Yaffe Yaffé Yoffe Joffe Yuffa Jouffa Joffo Jaffa Yafo |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Hebrew |
| Word/name | yafe |
| Meaning | beautiful, pleasant |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Joffe, Jaffee |
| [1] | |
Jaffe and its variant spellings Jaffé and Yaffe (Hebrew: יפה) are Hebrew-language surnames.[2]
The surname was recorded in Prague in the 16th century. It was recorded in the United Kingdom in the 1881 census, mostly in London.[1]
People
The Jaffe family (Hebrew: יפה) is a distinguished Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic family, members of which have produced numerous famous rabbis, court Jews, Talmudic scholars, scientists, businessmen, academics and politicians.
Other notable people with this surname include:
- Aaron Jaffe, American politician
- Allan Jaffe, American jazz musician
- Andrew Jaffe, American journalist
- Angelina Jaffe, Venezuelan lawyer and ambassador
- Aniela Jaffé, (1903–1991), Swiss analyst who was a co-worker of Carl Jung
- Arthur Jaffe, American mathematical physicist
- Ben Jaffe, American jazz musician
- Billy Jaffe (born 1969), color analyst for the Boston Bruins on NESN
- Chapelle Jaffe, Canadian actress
- Charles Jaffe (c. 1879–1941), Belarusian-American chess master
- Charles Jaffe (conductor) (c. 1917–2011), American conductor and musical director
- Daniel Jaffe, American astronomer
- David Jaffe, American video game designer and director
- David Yaffe, music critic
- David A. Jaffe, American composer of contemporary classical and electronic/computer music
- Deborah Yaffe, author
- Dov Yaffe (1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi
- Edgar Jaffé (1866 – 1921), German economist and politician
- Elaine Jaffe, American pathologist, expert in hematopathology
- Eliezer Jaffe, Israeli professor
- Elisha Yaffe, comedian, actor and writer
- Eyal Yaffe (born 1960), Israeli basketball player
- Frederick S. Jaffe, (1925–1978), vice president of Planned Parenthood and founder of the Guttmacher Institute
- Herb Jaffe (1921–1991), American film producer
- Jerome H. Jaffe, psychiatrist
- Joseph Joffo, French writer
- Leib Yaffe, Hebrew poet, journalist and editor
- Leo Yaffe, Canadian nuclear chemistry scientist
- Louis Isaac Jaffe (1888-1950), American journalist
- Marielle Jaffe (born 1989), American model and actress
- Matt Jaffe (born 1995), American singer-songwriter
- Maurice Yaffé, British psychologist
- Max Jaffa, born Max Jaffe, British violinist and bandleader
- Michael Jaffé (1923–1997), British art historian and curator
- Michael Muir Jaffe (born 1945), American television producer
- Michael B. Yaffe, scientific editor
- Moe Jaffe (1901–1972), American songwriter and band leader
- Naomi Jaffe, activist
- Nat Jaffe, American jazz pianist
- Nicole Jaffe, American actress
- Noah Jaffe (born 2003), American Paralympic swimmer
- Norman Jaffe, American architect
- Sir Otto Jaffe (1846–1929), German-born British Jewish businessman, High Sheriff and Lord Mayor of Belfast
- Peter Jaffe (1913–1982), British sailor and Olympic silver medalist
- Philipp Jaffé (1819–1870), German historian and philologist
- Philip Jaffe (1895–1980), American left-wing editor and writer
- Richard Yaffe, Journalist
- Rivke Jaffe (born 1978), Dutch anthropologist and professor
- Robert Jaffe, American physicist and professor
- Robert Jaffe (stockbroker) (born 1944), American associate of Bernard Madoff
- Rona Jaffe (1931–2005), American author
- Sam Jaffe (actor) (1891–1984), American film actor
- Sam Jaffe (producer) (1901–2000), American film producer later in England
- Sarah Jaffe (born 1986), American singer-songwriter
- Scott Jaffe (born 1969), American freestyle swimmer
- Stanley R. Jaffe (born 1940), American film producer
- Stephen Jaffe, American composer
- Taliesin Jaffe, (born 1977), American voice actor
- Theodor Julius Jaffé (1823–1898), German actor
- Werner Jaffé (1914–2009), German chemist and university professor
- Yves Jouffa (1920-1999), French lawyer
See also
References
- 1 2 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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