Velvel

VelvelGender| Male

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Origin
Word/name| Yiddish
Meaning| "Wolf"
Other names
Alternative spelling| Velvl
Related names| Wolf
Ze'ev

Velvel (Yiddish: װעלװעל; also spelled װעלװל, Velvl; or Welwel) is a Yiddish-language masculine given name, meaning "little wolf." It is a diminutive of the name Volf, and often paired with the Hebrew name Benjamin.

Velvel is often used as a Yiddish form of William or Vladimir.[citation needed]

## Given name

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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, one of the world's foremost experts on Jewish music
* Velvel Soloveitchik, son of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk
* Velvel Zbarjer, a Brody singer (1824–1884)

## See also

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* Zev Wolf

## References

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* The origin and meaning of common Jewish names at Aish.com
* Velvel at BehindTheName.com

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