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Temkin.

A surname from Yiddish.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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  1. A surname from Yiddish.

Where this word comes from

Jewish metronymic surname, from a hypocoristic form of the Yiddish personal name תָּמָר (Tomer) (see Tomer) + the Proto-Slavic possessive suffix *-inъ.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.