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Rifkin

Rifkin proper noun: a surname from Yiddish.

Proper noun

Rifkin (plural Rifkins)

  1. A surname from Yiddish.

Forms of Rifkin

pluralRifkins
alternative formRifkind

Origin of Rifkin

Jewish metronymic surname, from the Yiddish personal name רבֿקה (rivke, “Rebecca”), with the addition of the Proto-Slavic metronymic suffix *-inъ.

Words formed from Rifkin

Questions about Rifkin

What does Rifkin mean?
Rifkin means a surname from Yiddish.
What part of speech is Rifkin?
Rifkin is a proper noun.

Words near Rifkin in the dictionary

  1. riffy
  2. Rifi
  3. Rifian
  4. Rifians
  5. RIFing
  6. Rifkin
  7. Rifkind
  8. Rifkinds
  9. Rifkinite
  10. Rifkinites
  11. Rifkins

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