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Fruma, diminutives: Frumka, Frumke is an Ashkenazi Jewish feminine given name. Rabbi Shmuel Gorr, a well-known genealogist, claims that the derivation from the word frum is an erroneous "folk etymology", and in fact it is dervied from the French word frommet a species of grape. He claimed some elder women retailed this French form, Frommet or Frummet, Yiddish: פרומעט. Other forms he listed are: Froma, Fromme, Frommel, Frumme, Frummel Frumie.[1]
The patronymic surname Frumkin is derived from it. Notable people with the name include:
- Fruma Arest (1913–1991), Soviet geophysician and gravimetrician, and cartographer, pioneer of Turkmenistan geological survey
- Fruma Klass, mother of William Tenn
- Frumka Płotnicka, Polish WWII resistance fighter
- Fruma Rostova, Soviet revolutionary and engineer, wife of Mykola Shchors, Sovier Red Army commander
See also
[edit | edit source]- All pages with titles containing Fruma
- All pages with titles containing Frumka
- Frumka, the Haredi burqa
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Popular Jewish (Hebrew) Girl Names, Compiled by Rabbi Shmuel Gorr
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