Chayat

The Hebrew / Yiddish surname Chayat (Polonized variants: Chajat, Chajit , Chajet, Chajetan^[1] ) may be derived from the occupation of tailor (Hebrew: חַיָט, Hebrew: חייט)^[2] or Hebrew: חַיָה, chayah, animal, life. Notable people with the surname include:

• Naftali Chayat, founder of Vayyar, Israeli semiconductor company
• Sherry Chayat, American Zen Buddhist
• Shoshi Chayat [he] (1947-2011), Israeli painter, sculptor, poet and writer

See also

• Hayat (disambiguation)
• Hayyoth (names)

References

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Surnames associated with the occupations of tailor/seamster

Germanic

• Tayler, Taylor
• Schneider, Schnieder, Schnieders
  • Anglicized: Snyder, Snyders, Snider
  • Polonized: Sznajder
  • Czech: Šnajdr, Šnejdr
  • Russified: Shneider/Shneyder (Шнейдер), Shnaider/Shnayder (Шнайдер)
  • Sneijder, Snijders, Schnyder, Schnider, Schnieder, Schnaider
  • Yiddish: Znaider (זנאַידער)
• Schröder
  • Schroeder, Schröter, Schrödter, Schrötter, Schröer, Schrörs, Schreurs, Schrader, Schroder, Schroedter, Schrøder, Schreuder, Schreuders
• Snyman
• Kleid (קליידל, Yiddish)
• Nager, Neher, Stich, Faulstich, Nader, Neder

Romance

• Sarti, Sarto, Del Sarto, Sartre, Sartori, Sartoris, Sartorius
• Sastre
• Couturier, Couture, Croitoru/Croitor
• Quemener

Slavic

• Kravets, Kravtsov/Krawtzoff, Kravchenko, Kravchuk
• Krawiec (Yiddish calques: Kravits/Kravitz, Krawetz, Krawtz), Krawczyk, Krawczak, Krawczuk, Krawczyński (Kravchinsky, Kravchynskyi),
• Krajčí/Krajci, Krajčík, Krajčír/Kraicir, Krejčí, Krejčík, Krejčír
• Portnoy/Portnoi, Portnoff, Portnov, Portnow, Portnyagin
• Shvets, Shevtsov

Semitic

• Chait/Khait
• Chayat / Polish calque: Chajat
• Khayat, Al Khayat/El Khayat, Ibn Khayyat, Bint Khayyat

Other

Darzi, Szabó, Raftis/Ράφτης, Terzioğlu, Terzi

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Chayat.
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