Jaffe

Jaffe and its variant spellings Jaffé and Yaffe (Hebrew: יפה) are Hebrew-language surnames.

יפה
RomanizationJaffe
Jaffee
Jaffé
Yaffe
Yaffé
Yoffe
Joffe
Yuffa
Jouffa
Joffo
Jaffa
Yafo
Origin
Language(s)Hebrew
Word/nameyafe
Meaningbeautiful, pleasant
Other names
Variant form(s)Joffe, Jaffee

The surname was recorded in Prague in the 16th century. It was recorded in the United Kingdom in the 1881 census, mostly in London.

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