Koffka
| Koffka | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | from Jewish given name "Kovka (Kovke, Kofke)" Ya'aqov |
| Region of origin | Germany |
| Language(s) of origin | Yiddish, Slavic, German(ized) |
| Related names |
Kovka, Koffke, Kufka, Kuffka; Koftka Koffke is a non-Jewish German surname mentioned in Eastern Germany Similar forms:Kavka (Kafka, Kaffka, Kawka) Kubka, Kupka (Western Slavic forms) |
- Kurt Koffka (1886, Berlin - 1941, Northampton, Massachusetts), Jewish German psychologist
- Friedrich Koffka (1888, Berlin - 1951, London), German jurist, writer