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Y©uir iMome Want to know what your name means? Address your questions to Mr. Pearlroth, National Jewish POST and OPINION, Box 1633, Indianapolis 6, Indiana.

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DEAR MR. PEARLROTH: My family name is Haft. My grandparents were originally from Minsk, Russia. What does my name mean?—ROBERT M. HAFT, Bronx 60, N. Y. HAFT IS A Polish term meaning "embroidery” and is therefore a trade name assumed by an ancestor who was engaged in this trade. The name dates back to 1804 when Russian Jews were directed by imperial decree to choose permanent family names. At the time male attire—particularly among the rich—was very elaborate and fancy needlework was in great demand. Jews excelled in this line of work and prospered at it. Your ancestors were undoubtedly connected with this endeavor. 'k 'k DEAR MR. PEARLROTH: My father’s family was native to the Bucovina. Some people are of the opinion that this name originated among the Sephardim; others, that it belongs really to the Rhineland. Could you tell me the meaning of the name? ROBERT MEHLER, New York 36, N. Y. MEHLER IS AN old and distinguished family name derived from a trade. The trade was that of a (char)coal burner. The charcoal-kiln is known in Germany as Meiler and it is here that the name originated. The ancestor in question was not necessarily a charcoal burner himself, but might have been engaged in the business of employing many operators. I think that the name is now only a tradition. The most distinguished bearer of the name was Rabbi Judah Mehler (1660-1751) of the Rhineland, Germany, who lived to the age of 91, although for the final 41 years of his life he fasted rigorously for 6 days each week. Although he spelled it Mehler, he pronounced it Meiler. The Spanish name Mellor has no connection with your name. It is an obsolete form of the modem Spanish comparative “mejor” (better). The title of a fiour dealer in German was not Mehler but Melber.

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