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SEPHARDIC NAMES TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH FROM
ARABIC (A), AFRICA (AF) ARAMAIC (AR), BASQUE (BA), BERBER (B), CELTIC (C), DUTCH (DU),  ENGLISH (E), FRENCH (F), GERMAN (D),GREEK (G), HEBREW (H),  HEBREW BIBLICAL (HB),  HEBREW TALMUD (HT),  ITALIAN (I), LATIN (L), ROMANY, SPANISH (S), PORTUGUESE (P), PERSIAN, IRAN, FARSI, (PE) TURKISH (T), YIDDISH (Y)

NOTICE THAN MANY SEPHARDIC SURNAMES APPEAR TO BE IN THE ARABIC LANGUAGE.  THE ARABS AND MOROS ARE GIVEN CREDIT FOR BRINGING  SURNAMES AS WE KNOW THEM TO SPAIN DURING THEIR CONQUEST.

Translations provided by GOOGLE research and members of the forum at Sephardim.com.  Some solutions are "educated guesses". Citations not provided. Corrections accepted.



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Name Language Translation(s)
     
     
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Xabi (A) From Habib
Xaham (H) Clever, also a title for Rabbi among the Sephardim
Xapatao (P) Shoe maker. big shoe
Xaprut (H) See Saprut
Xarilho (P) Same as Sarilho, trouble, mess, reel, rack
Xaron (H) Anger, indignation
Xato (P) Bothersome, pain in the neck, flat
Ximenes (S) See Jimenez
Ximon (H) See Shimon
Xoares (P) Same as Soares, sounds, noises, sweat



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