After my posts listing the names from the 1928 Polish booklet Spis Imion Żydowskich (Pre-War Male Jewish Names in Poland and Pre-War Female Jewish Names in Poland), I was sent an email by Yaniv Reginiano pointing out that there is an earlier Polish book on Jewish given names from 1866, titled Imiona przez Żydów polskich używane (Names used by Polish Jews), that is available from the same digital archive. I’ve taken a look at it, and decided to post the names here as well. It’s a bit different than the 1928 booklet, but still very useful. I recommend taking a look at the original book through the link above to see how it’s organized. The table below, however, will let you search and sort the entries.
This page contains the female names. There are 193 female names listed here. For male names, see Male Jewish Names in Poland from 1866.

One way to use this list, besides searching for names you might have found in a document or on a gravestone, is to find the canonical name. For example, if you are looking for a relative that you found in a document listed as Serla or Soja, and are looking for their birth record, it’s useful to know that those names derive from Sara.
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