borscht belt

The resort area of the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York once predominately patronized by American Jews. Borscht is a type of soup that originated in Eastern Europe. A lot of Jewish comedians got their start playing the Borscht Belt in upstate New York.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cleve	KLEEV	English
Rory	RAWR-ee	Irish, Scottish
Puck	PUK (English)	Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Dutch
Aleksandru	-	Medieval Slavic
Ioudas	-	Biblical Greek
Chambers	['tʃeimbəz]