Zamenhof

For the asteroid, see 1462 Zamenhof.

Zamenhof (German: Samenhof)
Family name

Meaning	German: Samen-hof means "seed farm", "seed court" possibly Judaic hypocoristic variation from Jewish given name German: Samuel, aka Hebrew: Shmuel‎ > like Zanvel/Zanvl (also may Zevulun), Zangwill, Schimmel, Simmel, Shinwell, Samelberg, etc.
Region of origin	Poland
Language(s) of origin	German, Yiddish

Zamenhof is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Rozalia Zamenhof, née Sofer (born German: Liba Rachel Samenhof; 1839, Białystok - 1892, Warszawa), mother of Ludwik

Dr. L. L. Zamenhof, aka Ludvic Lazarus (Ludwik Lejzer, Ludwik Łazarz) Zamenhof (born Yiddish: אֱלִיעֶזֶר "לײזער" לֵוִי זאַמענהאָף, Eliezer "Leyzer" Levi Zamenhof, German: Ludwig (aka Levi) Lazarus Samenhof, Hebrew: אליעזר לודוויג (לייזער) (לאזארו לודוביקו) זמנהוף‎, Russian: Лю́двик Ла́зарь "Лейзер" Маркович Заменго́ф; 1859, Białystok, Russian Poland - 1917, Warszawa), eye doctor, philologist, and the inventor of Esperanto
Klara Zamenhof, née Silbernik (1863, Kaunas - 1924, Warszawa), a Jewish Polish female Esperantist, wife of Ludwik^[1]

Adam Zamenhof (1888–1940, killed at Palmiry), a Jewish Polish Esperantist, oculist and officer, son of L. L. Zamenhof

Wanda Zamenhof-Zaleska, née Frenkel (1893–1954), a Jewish Polish oculist, wife of Adam^[2]
Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof (born Ludvik Zamenhof, Polish: Krzysztof Zamenhof-Zaleski; born 1925, Warszawa), a Jewish Polish civil- and marine engineer, grandson of Ludwik

Lidia Zamenhof (also spelled Polish: Lidja Zamenhof; 1904, Warszawa - 1942, KZ Treblinka), Jewish Polish female Esperantist, the daughter of L. L. Zamenhof
The Life of Zamenhof, biography of L. L.Zamenhof written in Esperanto by Edmond Privat
Zamenhof Day (Esperanto: Zamenhofa Tago), birthday of L. L. Zamenhof

Feliks Fabjan Zamenhof, pseudonyms: FeZ, Zef (1868, Białystok - 1933, Warszawa), a Jewish Polish physici, younger brother of Ludwik^[3]

Leon Zamenhof, pseudonyms: Lozo, Zetel, Elzet (1875, Warszawa - 1934, Warszawa), a Jewish Polish laryngologist^[4]
Henryk Zamenhof (aka Grzegorz Zamenhof; 1871, Białystok - 1932, Warszawa), a Jewish Polish physician^[5]
Markus (-Mordechaj) Zamenhof (1837, Tykocin - 1907, Warszawa), a Jewish Polish state councillor and professor^[6]
Zofia Zamenhof (Esperanto: Sofio Zamenhof; 1889–1942, KZ Treblinka), a Jewish Polish pediatrician and internist ^[7]
Helena Zamenhof, née Rittenberg (1874–1940, Warszawa), a Jewish Polish female Esperantist^[8]
Romana Zamenhof (1904, Warszawa - 1975, Paris), a Jewish Polish female Esperantist and pharmaceutist^[9]
Ida Zimmermann, née Zamenhof (1879, Warszawa - 1942, KZ Treblinka), a Jewish Polish female Esperantist^[10]

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