English Explanatory Dictionary

Rifkin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Yiddish.

Word forms

Rifkin Rifkins Rifkind

Etymology

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

Derived words

Rifkinite
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