Jewish Names > Women in Navarre > Name Construction
Jewish Women's Names in Navarre: Examples of Name Construction
by Julie Kahan (jstamp@netvision.net.il)
Most Jews in 14th-century Navarre had family names. However, these names do not invariably appear in the records; individuals could be identified in a variety of ways, as I have shown in the following list. Names found in Hebrew sources are given here in their Hebrew forms, followed by my transliteration in parentheses.
Hebrew or Ladino Context
רתסא הנוד (dona Esther)
בוט םש תב הרימ (Mirah bat Shem Tov)
ןואיל אייניאודורוא (Orodueyniya Leon)
טורבש 'ן יתאיסורוא (Orocieti En Shabrut)
טורבש 'ן ףסוי יד רי'גומ יתאסורוא (Oroceti muger de Yosef En Shabrut)
ןמענ בקעי תשא לוש ורוא (Oro Sol eshet Yaakov Naaman)
רהוז 'ן ףסוי תנמלא החמש (Simcha almanat Yosef En Zohar)
Spanish or Latin Context
dona Blanca
Dueya, judeua
Astruga, filla de rebi Joçef
Fazbuena, filla de don Açach Terceyx
Buenastruga, filia de Ceti Aragones
Çima, fija de Oru
Bonastruga, muller de Jento Euendaynna
dona Cima, muger de Salomon Alborge
Orussol, muger de Calabaça
Ceti, vxore Juçe Cohen Çaragoçano
Bellita, vidua, judia d'Arguedas
Cima, judia de Pamplona
Duenna de Ablitas
Dueyna de la Portieilla
Çima Auenimir
Orodueynna Calabaça
Orovita, corredora
Bellida la Ranca
Mirien la Dobla