Zelig (name)

Zelig (זעליג, זליג) is a masculine given name and surname, meaning "blessed" in Yiddish. Variants of the name include Zelik (זעליק) and Selig (סעליג). The name is traditionally paired with the Hebrew name Asher.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Froim-Zelig Aderca (1891–1962), Romanian writer
 * Zelig Bardichever (1903–1937), Yiddish poet
 * Asher Zelig Ehrlich (1878–1952), educator and Zionist activist
 * Zelik Epstein (1914–2009), rabbi
 * Zelig Eshhar, Israeli immunologist
 * Zellig Harris (1909–1992), American linguist
 * Zelig Kalmanovich (1885–1944), philologist, translator, and historian
 * Asher Zelig Margaliot (1893–1969), Kabbalist
 * Zelig Mogulescu (1858–1914), actor in Yiddish theatre
 * Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern (1866-1939), Polish rabbi
 * Zelig Newman (1788–1871), writer and educator
 * Zelig Pliskin (1946– ), American rabbi
 * Zelig Reuven Bengis (1864–1953), rabbi
 * Zelig Rabinovitch (1966– ), Israeli media personality
 * Simcha Zelig Reguer (1864–1942), dayyan
 * Zelig Segal (1933–2015), Israeli artist
 * Zelig Sharfstein (1928–2008), Chabad rabbi
 * Zelig Shtorch (1946– ), Israeli athlete
 * Ḥayyim Zelig Slonimski (1810–1904), Maskilic writer, scientist, and rabbi
 * Osher Zelig Weiss (1953– ), posek

Surname

 * Dariusz Zelig (1957– ), Polish basketball player
 * Jack Zelig (1888–1912), American gangster
 * Mirka Mora, Zelik (1928–2018), Australian artist