Dershowitz

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Dershowitz
Family name
Meaning Polish: deresz (Yiddish: דערעש) "roan horse"
Region of origin Poland (Galicia), Israel
Language(s) of origin Polish
Related names

Deresz (pl) ({Deresh, Deresch}, Ukrainian: Дереш), Deres, Dersz {Dersh}

Spelling variation
  • Dereszowicz ({Dereschowitz})
  • Dereszewicz ({Deresiewicz, Dereschewitz})
Similar surnames
Footnotes:

Dershowitz (Hebrew: דרשוביץ, Yiddish: דערשאוויץ) is a surname of Jewish origin.

List of people with surname Dershowitz

  • Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938), US lawyer, jurist, and political commentator
  • Zecharia Dershowitz (1865–after 1888), founder of one of the first Yiddish communities in America
  • Zecharia Dor-Shav, né Dershowitz, Israeli psychologist

See also

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