Zelig (name)

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

Given name

• Zelig Bardichever (1903–1937), Yiddish poet
• Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953), rabbi
• Zelik Epstein (1914–2009), rabbi
• Zelig Eshhar (1941–2025), Israeli immunologist
• Zellig Harris (1909–1992), American linguist
• Zelig Kalmanovich (1885–1944), philologist, translator, and historian
• Zelig Mogulescu (1858–1914), actor in Yiddish theatre
• Zelig Newman (1788–1871), writer and educator
• Zelig Pliskin (born 1946), American rabbi
• (born 1966), Israeli media personality
• (1933–2015), Israeli artist
• Zelig Sharfstein (1928–2008), Chabad rabbi
• Zelig Shtorch (born 1946), Israeli athlete

Surname

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

References

See also

• Seeliger
• Seligmann (disambiguation)
• Seligman (disambiguation)
• Zelikovitch