Velvel
Velvel, Velvl (Yiddish: װעלװעל, װעלװל), or Welwel is a Yiddish masculine given name, meaning "little wolf." It is a diminutive of the name Volf, and often paired with the Hebrew name Benjamin or Ze'ev, as in Genesis 49:27 the tribe of Benjamin is compared to a wolf, and Ze'ev means wolf. Notable people with the name include:
- Velvl Chernnin (born 1958), Yiddish poet, Israeli ethnographer, translator, and literary scholar
- 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)
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