Katriel

Katriel, Kasriel, or Casriel is a personal name. It may be Hebrew-language given name and surname כתריאל, meaning "God is my crown" or "God surrounds and supports me". It is the origin of the name of the fictional shtetl of Kasrilevka. [1] "Katriel" may also be an alternate spelling of the name Catriel of Argentine origin. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

  • Kasriel Broydo (1907–1945), Lithuanian songwriter, singer, and coupletist
  • Casriel Dovid Kaplin (1931–2006), rabbi and a dayan in the London Beth Din
  • Katriel Hidalgo (born 1995), Bolivian actor, director, and playwright
  • Kasriel Hirsch Sarasohn (1835–1905), American journalist who published several newspapers in New York
  • Katriel Katz (1908–1988), Israeli diplomat
  • Katriel Schory (born 1947), Israeli film producer, director of the Israeli Film Foundation (1999-2019)

Surname

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Katriel
  • All pages with titles containing Kasriel
  • All pages with titles containing Casriel

References

  1. ^ Dan Miron, "The Literary Image of the Shtetl", Jewish Social Studies, New Series, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1995, pp. 1-43, JSTOR 4467450