Aboab Family | Name Changes
Robert-Scott Ynkawen This was the name of a famous Sephardic Jewish family known for its rabbis, scholars, physicians, and merchants. Abraham Aboab Born in Aragon, he would receive a tower in Altea…
Moses Mendelssohn | Name Changes
Moses ben Mendel Dessau (1729-?) He was born in the town of Dessay in Germany to a poor Jewish family. Since Moses had a curved spine, the education he was…
Taliesin Jaffe | Unique Names
He is a voice actor and director, most known for his role in the Geek & Sundry show Critical Role. He has creativity in his family, considering how his grandfathers…
Avraham Even-Shosham | Name Changes
Avraham Rosenstein (1906-1925) He was born in Minsk, Belarus. His father ran a Jewish school which he attended prior to entering a yeshiva. While he emigrated to Palestine, his father…
Abdulalim A. Shabazz | Name Changes
Lonnie Cross (1927-?) He was born in Bessemer, Alabama. He earned an A.B. in Math and a P.A. in Chemistry at Lincoln University. Then, he earned an M.S. in Mathematics…
Yusuf Lateef | Name Changes
For religious significance
Jackie Mason | Name Changes
Yacov Moshe Hakohen Maza (1928-1960?) He was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to a strict, Orthodox Jewish family, but would grow up in New York City. His family were originally from…
Sake Dean Mahomed | Name Changes
An introduction into the man who brought Indian life to the United Kingdom.
Hi Jolly | Uniquonyms
Originally from the name "Hadji Ali"
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz | Name Changes
On the eve of Black History Month, I thought it would be appropriate to include the complex civil rights leader El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz--otherwise known as Malcolm X. Malcolm Little He…