Jaffe

English

Alternative forms

• Yaffe

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יפה (yafé, “beautiful, comely”).

Proper noun

Jaffe (plural Jaffes)

1. A surname from Hebrew.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Jaffe is the 5886^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5865 individuals. Jaffe is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Jaffe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 239.