TURJMAN Origin of surname
TURJMAN, TURGMAN, ATURJMAN, BEN ATURJMAN, ETURJMAN, TORJMAN, TORDJMAN, TROJMAN, TOURDJMAN
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
The Jewish names in this group come from the Arabic Torjman meaning "interpreter" or "translator", like the Hebrew word Meturgeman. Between the 15th and 19th centuries, when the authorities held a tight rein on any foreign influences in Morocco, Jews performed a vital job at the North African ports, charged with handling relations between the local administrators and naval captains and other strangers coming to trade. This job, monopolized by Jews, was entitled 'Aturjman'. The Hebrew form of Meturgueman has been in existence since the return of the captives from Babylon and refers to religious translators. In Morocco this Jewish family name is documented in the 16th century. A branch of the family emigrated to Eretz Israel in the mid 16th century, whose descendants became a rabbinical dynasty in Hebron, Jerusalem and Tiberias. Today the name can be found throughout Morocco. 20th century distinguished bearers of this name include Victor Torjman, an engineer from Tel Aviv who was a co-founder and director of the U.M.O.A.N.; Moroccan-born chief of police of the Jaffa-Tel Aviv region, Avraham Torjman, and Casablanca-born Israeli painter Jacky Torjman.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
The Jewish names in this group come from the Arabic Torjman meaning "interpreter" or "translator", like the Hebrew word Meturgeman. Between the 15th and 19th centuries, when the authorities held a tight rein on any foreign influences in Morocco, Jews performed a vital job at the North African ports, charged with handling relations between the local administrators and naval captains and other strangers coming to trade. This job, monopolized by Jews, was entitled 'Aturjman'. The Hebrew form of Meturgueman has been in existence since the return of the captives from Babylon and refers to religious translators. In Morocco this Jewish family name is documented in the 16th century. A branch of the family emigrated to Eretz Israel in the mid 16th century, whose descendants became a rabbinical dynasty in Hebron, Jerusalem and Tiberias. Today the name can be found throughout Morocco. 20th century distinguished bearers of this name include Victor Torjman, an engineer from Tel Aviv who was a co-founder and director of the U.M.O.A.N.; Moroccan-born chief of police of the Jaffa-Tel Aviv region, Avraham Torjman, and Casablanca-born Israeli painter Jacky Torjman.
TALMACIU
(Family Name)TALMACIU
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation, profession or trade (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade).
Names indicating occupation, profession or trade are widespread among Jews. The extensive range of Jewish names deriving from occupations illustrates the variety of their activities in all fields.
This family name is derived from tălmaci, a Romanian term for “translator”.
Talmaciu is documented as a Jewish family name with Sheli Talmaciu who born in Radauti Prut, Romania in 1924 and perished in the Holocaust.