Yukht Family History & Genealogy

Summary

The Yukht family is Jewish, Russian, and Ukranian, probably originating in Ukraine and surrounding environs. A possible variation of the spelling of Yukht is Yucht but this isn't certain at this point. The surname Yukht may have originated with Jewish people who dealt with the skinning of young calves since Yukht ("YuKHtavat" in Middle-Age Russian) means "to skin something."

History

The Yukht family is Jewish, Russian, and Ukranian, probably originating in Ukraine and surrounding environs. A possible variation of the spelling of Yukht is Yucht but this isn't certain at this point. The surname Yukht may have originated with Jewish people who dealt with the skinning of young calves since Yukht ("YuKHtavat" in Middle-Age Russian) means "to skin something."

Name Origin

The meaning of Yukht may be "leather", specifically the leather of a young calf. Also, in the middle-ages era Russian, the sounds "Kh" and "F" were regularly mixed up when written, leading to the Russian verb "YuFtavat" ("to skin something"). This would be written as "YuKHtavat" (and from this mix-up I believe the surname "Yukht" came about).

Spellings & Pronunciations

One possible variation of Yukht is Yucht.

Nationality & Ethnicity

The Yukht family comes from the Ukraine and possibly the surrounding regions of Russia. The Yukht family is Jewish, Russian, and Ukranian.

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Early Yukhts