The Name GEFEN
As far back as we have gone the original documents from Lithuania
spell our name GEFEN.
The description of the name GEFEN from the book, A Dictionary of
Jewish Surnames From The Russian Empire, by Alexander Beider, is
:
"Gefen (Vilna, common in Vilkomir) A: grape, vine [Hebrew]
- Gefan
- Gefen
- Geffan
- Geffen
- Gefon
- Gifan
- Gafan
- Gafanovich
- Gapanovich
- Gafenovich
- Gafinovich
- Gofan
- Goffan
- Gofen
- Goffan
- Gofenovich
- Gejfen
- Gofan
- Goffan
- Gofanovich
- Gofen
- Goffan
- Gofenovich
- Gejfen
To date, we have not found any of the names with "vich"
on the end to be a part of our tree. However, research we are now
doing may change this.
We have found the following additional names to be part of our tree
or thought to be:
- Gaffen
- Gefanas
- Geffin
- Geftner
- Gifen
- Giffen
- Guiffan
- Gyfain
- Kofein
- Kofin
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