In 'Oliver Twist' did Fagin have a first name?

sequoianoir

Fagin may have been his first name. The origin & meaning of first name Fagin Origin: Gaelic Meaning: Ardent. Origin: Irish Meaning: Variant of Fagan: Eager child. Mar 18 04, 7:29 PM

Arpeggionist

I thought he had a first name. Dickens went out of his way to have the character of Fagin be what the British thought of as a stereotypical Jew. Fagin is a variant of "Faegel" in Yiddish, or the German "Vogl". In Hebrew his last name might have been Tzipori or some other variant. As a first name, however, usually names like Faige are women's names (as in Lady Bird Johnson, or Moses' wife Tziporah). I'm pretty sure that Dickens' character had a first name, but I don't know what it was. Mar 19 04, 3:19 AM

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