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SILVERSTEIN
SOURCE:
Nickname
USAGE:
German
,
Jewish
Meaning & History
Means "silver stone" from German
Silber
and
Stein
. It was adopted when the Jews in Europe were compelled to take surnames in the early part of the 19th century.
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