Zeldin

Zeldin is an eastern Ashkenazic matronymic surname derived from the combination of the Yiddish female personal name Zelde (from the Middle High German word sælde meaning ‘fortunate’, ‘blessed’, or 'happiness'.) + the eastern Slavic possessive suffix -in. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Lee Zeldin (born 1980), U.S. Representative from New York; former New York state senator
 * Theodore Zeldin (born 1933), British philosopher, sociologist, historian, writer and public speaker
 * Vladimir Zeldin (1915–2016), Russian theatre and cinema actor.