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יפה Romanization Jaffe Jaffee Jaffé Yaffe Yaffé Yoffe Joffe Yuffa Jouffa Joffo Jaffa Yafo Language(s)
Hebrew Word/name yafe Meaning beautiful, pleasant Variant form(s)
Joffe ,
Jaffee
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Jaffe and its variant spellings Jaffé and Yaffe (
Hebrew : יפה ) are Hebrew-language surnames.
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The surname was recorded in Prague in the 16th century. It was recorded in the United Kingdom in the 1881 census, mostly in London.
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People
The
Jaffe family (Hebrew: יפה) is a distinguished Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic family, members of which have produced numerous famous rabbis, court Jews, Talmudic scholars, scientists, businessmen, academics and politicians.
Other notable people with this surname include:
Aaron Jaffe , American politician
Allan Jaffe , American jazz musician
Andrew Jaffe , American journalist
Angelina Jaffe , Venezuelan lawyer and ambassador
Aniela Jaffé , (1903–1991), Swiss analyst who was a co-worker of
Carl Jung
Arthur Jaffe , American mathematical physicist
Ben Jaffe , American jazz musician
Billy Jaffe (born 1969), color analyst for the Boston Bruins on NESN
Chapelle Jaffe , Canadian actress
Charles Jaffe (c. 1879–1941), Belarusian-American chess master
Charles Jaffe (conductor) (c. 1917–2011), American conductor and musical director
Daniel Jaffe , American astronomer
David Jaffe , American video game designer and director
David Yaffe , music critic
David A. Jaffe , American composer of contemporary classical and electronic/computer music
Deborah Yaffe , author
Dov Yaffe (1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi
Edgar Jaffé (1866–1921), German economist and politician
Elaine Jaffe , American pathologist, expert in
hematopathology
Eliezer Jaffe , Israeli professor
Elisha Yaffe , comedian, actor and writer
Eyal Yaffe (born 1960), Israeli basketball player
Frederick S. Jaffe , (1925–1978), vice president of Planned Parenthood and founder of the Guttmacher Institute
Herb Jaffe (1921–1991), American film producer
Jeffrey Jaffe (1954), American scientist, web tech developer
Jerome H. Jaffe , psychiatrist
Joseph Joffo , French writer
Leib Yaffe , Hebrew poet, journalist and editor
Leo Yaffe , Canadian nuclear chemistry scientist
Louis Isaac Jaffe (1888–1950), American journalist
Marielle Jaffe (born 1989), American model and actress
Matt Jaffe (born 1995), American singer-songwriter
Maurice Yaffé , British psychologist
Max Jaffa , born Max Jaffe, British violinist and bandleader
Michael Jaffé (1923–1997), British art historian and curator
Michael Muir Jaffe (born 1945), American television producer
Michael B. Yaffe , scientific editor
Moe Jaffe (1901–1972), American songwriter and band leader
Naomi Jaffe , activist
Nat Jaffe , American jazz pianist
Nicole Jaffe , American actress
Noah Jaffe (born 2003), American Paralympic swimmer
Norman Jaffe , American architect
Sir
Otto Jaffe (1846–1929), German-born British Jewish businessman, High Sheriff and Lord Mayor of Belfast
Peter Jaffe (1913–1982), British sailor and Olympic silver medalist
Philipp Jaffé (1819–1870), German historian and philologist
Philip Jaffe (1895–1980), American left-wing editor and writer
Richard Yaffe , Journalist
Rivke Jaffe (born 1978), Dutch anthropologist and professor
Robert Jaffe , American physicist and professor
Robert Jaffe (stockbroker) (born 1944), American associate of Bernard Madoff
Rona Jaffe (1931–2005), American author
Sam Jaffe (actor) (1891–1984), American film actor
Sam Jaffe (producer) (1901–2000), American film producer later in England
Sarah Jaffe (born 1986), American singer-songwriter
Scott Jaffe (born 1969), American freestyle swimmer
Stanley R. Jaffe (born 1940), American film producer
Stephen Jaffe , American composer
Taliesin Jaffe , (born 1977), American voice actor
Theodor Julius Jaffé (1823–1898), German actor
Werner Jaffé (1914–2009), German chemist and university professor
Yves Jouffa (1920–1999), French lawyer
See also
References