Vilnai
Appearance
Vilnai or Vilnay (Hebrew: וִילְנָאִי) is a Hebrew surname, a Hebraization of a surname of Ashkenazi Jewish toponymic surname literally means "one from Vilna": Wilner, Vilner, Wilnaer.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Matan Vilnai, Israeli politician and a former IDF major general
- Zev Vilnay, Israeli geographer, author and lecturer
References
[edit]- ^ Martin, Gershom. "Some preliminary notes on Israeli family names". Weizmann Institute of Science. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27.