Velvel, Velvl (, ), or Welwel is a Yiddish masculine given name, meaning "little wolf." It is a diminutive of the name Volf, and often paired with the Hebrew name Benjamin or Ze'ev, as in Genesis 49:27 the tribe of Benjamin is compared to a wolf, and Ze'ev means wolf. Notable people with the name include:
(born 1958), Yiddish poet, Israeli ethnographer, translator, and literary scholar Velvl Greene (1928–2011), Canadian–American–Israeli scientist and academic Velvel Kahan or
Velvel Soloveitchik (1886–1959), Orthodox rabbi and rosh yeshiva of the Brisk yeshiva in Jerusalem Velvel Zbarjer (1824–1884), Broder singer (Jewish itinerant performer)
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