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Shraga (male)

Variants:Faivish (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Aramaic Jewish "fire, lantern"  The Yiddish equivalent is Faivish which has a vaguely similar meaning: from the Greek Phobos "the sun god".
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