Zelig (name)
Zelig is a masculine given name and surname, meaning "blessed" in Yiddish. Variants of the name include Zelik and Selig. The name is traditionally paired with the Hebrew name Asher. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
- Zelig Bardichever, Yiddish poet
- Zelig Reuven Bengis, rabbi
- Zelik Epstein, rabbi
- Zelig Eshhar, Israeli immunologist
- Zellig Harris, American linguist
- Zelig Kalmanovich, philologist, translator, and historian
- Zelig Mogulescu, actor in Yiddish theatre
- Zelig Newman, writer and educator
- Zelig Pliskin, American rabbi
- , Israeli media personality
- , Israeli artist
- Zelig Sharfstein, Chabad rabbi
- Zelig Shtorch, Israeli athlete
Surname
- Dariusz Zelig, Polish basketball player
- Jack Zelig, American gangster
- Mirka Mora,, Australian artist