Jaffe

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

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

People
The Jaffe family (Hebrew: יפה) is a distinguished Ashkenazi Jewish Rabbinic family, members of which have produced numerous famous rabbis, court Jews, Talmudic scholars, scientists, businessmen, academics and politicians.

Other notable people with this surname include:
 * Aaron Jaffe, American politician
 * Allan Jaffe, American jazz musician
 * Andrew Jaffe, American journalist
 * Angelina Jaffe, Venezuelan lawyer and ambassador
 * Aniela Jaffé, (1903–1991), Swiss analyst who was a co-worker of Carl Jung
 * Arthur Jaffe, American mathematical physicist
 * Ben Jaffe, American jazz musician
 * Billy Jaffe (born 1969), color analyst for the Boston Bruins on NESN
 * Chapelle Jaffe, Canadian actress
 * Charles Jaffe (c. 1879–1941), Belarusian-American chess master
 * Charles Jaffe (conductor) (c. 1917–2011), American conductor and musical director
 * Daniel Jaffe, American astronomer
 * David Jaffe, American video game designer and director
 * David Yaffe, music critic
 * David A. Jaffe, American composer of contemporary classical and electronic/computer music
 * Deborah Yaffe, author
 * Dov Yaffe (1928–2017), Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi
 * Edgar Jaffé (1866–1921), German economist and politician
 * Elaine Jaffe, American pathologist, expert in hematopathology
 * Eliezer Jaffe, Israeli professor
 * Elisha Yaffe, comedian, actor and writer
 * Eyal Yaffe (born 1960), Israeli basketball player
 * Frederick S. Jaffe, (1925–1978), vice president of Planned Parenthood and founder of the Guttmacher Institute
 * Herb Jaffe (1921–1991), American film producer
 * Jeffrey Jaffe(1954), American scientist, web tech developer
 * Jerome H. Jaffe, psychiatrist
 * Joseph Joffo, French writer
 * Leib Yaffe, Hebrew poet, journalist and editor
 * Leo Yaffe, Canadian nuclear chemistry scientist
 * Louis Isaac Jaffe (1888–1950), American journalist
 * Marielle Jaffe (born 1989), American model and actress
 * Matt Jaffe (born 1995), American singer-songwriter
 * Maurice Yaffé, British psychologist
 * Max Jaffa, born Max Jaffe, British violinist and bandleader
 * Michael Jaffé (1923–1997), British art historian and curator
 * Michael Muir Jaffe (born 1945), American television producer
 * Michael B. Yaffe, scientific editor
 * Moe Jaffe (1901–1972), American songwriter and band leader
 * Naomi Jaffe, activist
 * Nat Jaffe, American jazz pianist
 * Nicole Jaffe, American actress
 * Noah Jaffe (born 2003), American Paralympic swimmer
 * Norman Jaffe, American architect
 * Sir Otto Jaffe (1846–1929), German-born British Jewish businessman, High Sheriff and Lord Mayor of Belfast
 * Peter Jaffe (1913–1982), British sailor and Olympic silver medalist
 * Philipp Jaffé (1819–1870), German historian and philologist
 * Philip Jaffe (1895–1980), American left-wing editor and writer
 * Richard Yaffe, Journalist
 * Rivke Jaffe (born 1978), Dutch anthropologist and professor
 * Robert Jaffe, American physicist and professor
 * Robert Jaffe (stockbroker) (born 1944), American associate of Bernard Madoff
 * Rona Jaffe (1931–2005), American author
 * Sam Jaffe (actor) (1891–1984), American film actor
 * Sam Jaffe (producer) (1901–2000), American film producer later in England
 * Sarah Jaffe (born 1986), American singer-songwriter
 * Scott Jaffe (born 1969), American freestyle swimmer
 * Stanley R. Jaffe (born 1940), American film producer
 * Stephen Jaffe, American composer
 * Taliesin Jaffe, (born 1977), American voice actor
 * Theodor Julius Jaffé (1823–1898), German actor
 * Werner Jaffé (1914–2009), German chemist and university professor
 * Yves Jouffa (1920–1999), French lawyer