Velvel (; also spelled , ''Velvl''; or Welwel) is a

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

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, meaning "little wolf." It is a diminutive of the name Volf, and often paired with the Hebrew name

Benjamin Benjamin ( ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel, and Jacob's twe ...

. Velvel is often used as a Yiddish form of

William William is a masculine given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman Conquest, Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle ...

Vladimir Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria (). Etymology ...

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* Velvl Greene (1928–2011), Canadian–American–Israeli scientist and academic * Velvel Kahan (William Morton Kahan), mathematician and computer scientist *

Velvel Pasternak Velvel Pasternak (October 1, 1933 – June 11, 2019) was a musicologist, conductor, arranger, producer, and publisher specializing in Jewish music. In 1981, the ''New York Times'' described him as "an expert on the music of the Hasidic Judaism, Ha ...

, one of the world's foremost experts on Jewish music * Velvel Soloveitchik, son of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk *

Velvel Zbarjer Velvel Zbarjer (1824, Zbarazh – 1884), birth name Benjamin Wolf Ehrenkrantz (a.k.a. Velvl Zbarjer, Zbarjur, Zbarzher, etc.), a Galicia (Central Europe), Galician Jew, was a Brody singer. Following in the footsteps of Berl Broder, his "mini ...

, a Brody singer (1824–1884)

References

The origin and meaning of common Jewish names at ''Aish.com''

Velvel at ''BehindTheName.com''
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