Tzeitel

TSEYE-tul

Yiddish

"princess"

Tzeitel Origin and Meaning

The name Tzeitel is a girl's name meaning "princess".

A wonderful Yiddish diminutive of Sarah, most familiar to Americans as the name of Tevye’s eldest daughter in Joseph Stein’s Fiddler on the Roof.

The name Tzeitel in Pop Culture

• Tzeitel character in the stories of Sholem Aleichem and musical/film "Fiddle and the Roof"