Alhadeff is a Jewish Sephardic surname of Arabic (from the verb هَدَى (hadā) "to guide" preceded by the article اَل (al-) "the", thus literally "the guided"; cf. Huda) and then Spanish-Moorish origin which is found most often among the Eastern Sephardim who left Spain before 1492 to settle in the Eastern Mediterranean region, especially on the Greek island of Rhodes.[1][2][3] Variations of this surname include Alhadef and Alhadahef.[1]
People
edit- Brian Asher Alhadeff, American conductor
- Cara Judea Alhadeff, American photographer and performance artist
- Lori Alhadeff, American activist
References
edit- ^ a b Eliany, Marc. "The meaning of names among Mediterranean Jews – Alhadef". artengine.ca. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ "Sephardic Surnames from a number of Jewish Sephardic sources". sephardicgen.com. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ Galante, David; Eskenazi, Rita. "Names of those deported and killed by Nazi's from Rhodes in 1944". sephardicstudies.org. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
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