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Zelig (Yiddish: זעליג, Hebrew: זליג) is a masculine given name and surname, meaning "blessed" in Yiddish. Variants of the name include Zelik (Yiddish: זעליק) and Selig (Yiddish: סעליג). The name is traditionally paired with the Hebrew name Asher. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Froim-Zelig Aderca (1891–1962), Romanian writer
• Zelig Bardichever (1903–1937), Yiddish poet
• Asher Zelig Ehrlich [he] (1878–1952), educator and Zionist activist
• Zelik Epstein (1914–2009), rabbi
• Zelig Eshhar, Israeli immunologist
• Zellig Harris (1909–1992), American linguist
• Zelig Kalmanovich (1885–1944), philologist, translator, and historian
• Asher Zelig Margaliot [he] (1893–1969), Kabbalist
• Zelig Mogulescu (1858–1914), actor in Yiddish theatre
• Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern (1866-1939), Polish rabbi
• Zelig Newman (1788–1871), writer and educator
• Zelig Pliskin (1946– ), American rabbi
• Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953), rabbi
• Zelig Rabinovitch [he] (1966– ), Israeli media personality
• Simcha Zelig Reguer (1864–1942), dayyan
• Zelig Segal [he] (1933–2015), Israeli artist
• Zelig Sharfstein (1928–2008), Chabad rabbi
• Zelig Shtorch (1946– ), Israeli athlete
• Ḥayyim Zelig Slonimski (1810–1904), Maskilic writer, scientist, and rabbi
• Osher Zelig Weiss (1953– ), posek

Surname

• Dariusz Zelig (1957– ), Polish basketball player
• Jack Zelig (1888–1912), American gangster
• Mirka Mora, née Zelik (1928–2018), Australian artist

References

1. Kaganoff, B. C. (1996). A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. J. Aronson. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-4616-2720-3.
2. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Selig". A Dictionary of First Names (2nd ed.). ISBN 978-0-19-172667-5.

See also

• All pages with titles containing Zelig
• All pages with titles containing Zellig
• All pages with titles containing Zelik
• Seeliger
• Seligmann (disambiguation)
• Seligman (disambiguation)
• Zelikovitch

• Given names
• Surnames
• Yiddish-language surnames
• Yiddish-language given names