Fruma

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

  • All pages with titles containing Fruma
  • All pages with titles containing Frumka
  • Frumka, the Haredi burqa

References

  1. ^ Popular Jewish (Hebrew) Girl Names, Compiled by Rabbi Shmuel Gorr
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