Fruma

Fruma, diminutives: Frumka, Frumke is an Ashkenazi Jewish feminine given name. Rabbi Shmuel Gorr, a well-known genealogist, claims that the derivation from the word frum is an erroneous "folk etymology", and in fact it is dervied from the French word frommet, a species of grape. He claimed some elder women retailed this French form, Frommet or Frummet, . Other forms he listed are: Froma, Fromme, Frommel, Frumme, Frummel Frumie.Popular Jewish (Hebrew) Girl Names, Compiled by Rabbi Shmuel Gorr

The patronymic surname Frumkin is derived from it. Notable people with the name include:

(1913–1991), Soviet geophysician and gravimetrician, and cartographer, pioneer of Turkmenistan geological survey Fruma Klass, mother of William Tenn Frumka Płotnicka, Polish WWII resistance fighter , Soviet revolutionary and engineer, wife of Mykola Shchors, Soviet Red Army commander

See also

Frumka, the Haredi burqa Fruma, a major region in the Minecraft server Wynncraft

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