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SPELLMEYER     German
The second element meyer means "village headman"... [more]

SPITZNOGLE     German, Jewish
Means "sharp nail" in German.

SPONAUGLE     German
Americanized form of SPANNAGEL

STARK     English, German
From a nickname meaning "strong, brave" in Old German and Old English.

STAUSS     German
Means "buttocks" from the Middle High German stuz.

STEEN     Low German
Low German variant of STEIN

STEFFEN     German, English
Derived from the given name STEPHEN.

STEIN     German, Jewish
From the Old High German word stein meaning "stone"... [more]

STEINMANN     German
Means "stone man" either used as an occupational name for a stone worker, a habitational name for a man who lived by a stone or as a nickname for a strong man... [more]

STENGER     Danish, German
Name for a post maker, from German stange "pole".

STERNBERG     German
Means "dweller on a star(ry) hill, mountain" from the German stern "star" and berg "mountain, hill".

STEUBE     German
Variant of STEUBEN

STEUBEN     German
Means "dweller by a stump of a large tree".

STIEBER     German
Derived from the High German verb stiuben "to escape"... [more]

STOPPELBEIN (1)     German
Means "stump leg" from the Middle Low German stoppel "stump" and bein "leg".

STOPPELBEIN (2)     German
Means "dweller by a tree stump on communal land" from the Middle Low German stoppel "stump" and bein(t) "communal land".

STRAND     Scandinavian, German
From the Middle Low German word strand meaning "sea shore"... [more]

STRAUB     German
Means "rough, unkempt" from the Middle High German strup.

STROBEL     German
Means "rough, unkempt" from the Middle High German strob.

STROHKIRCH     German
Means literally "straw church" in German... [more]

STROMAN     German
Occupational surname meaning "straw-dealer" in German.

STUBER     German
Derived from German die Stube "room"... [more]

STUECK     German, Jewish
Means "piece, part" from the Middle High German stuck.

STUMPF     German
Means "stump" from the Middle High German stumpf.

STURM     German
Means "storm".

SUESS     German, Jewish
From a Jewish ornamental name from the Middle High German süss "sweet".

SULZBACH     German
Topynomic name from places named Sulzbach, which were named such because the area had salty water, hence the name meaning "salty brook".

SWANGO     German
Americanized form of the German surname SCHWANGAU.

SWITZER     German
Topographic surname for a person from Switzerland.

TANGEMAN     German
Means "from Tange, Oldenburg" or "(dweller on) a sandy ridge between moors" from the Middle High German tange.

TANZER     German
Means "dancer" in German.

TEUFEL     German
From a nickname meaning "devil", given to a mischievous person or one who is devil-like.

TIEDEMAN     Low German
Derived from the given name DIEDERICK.

TIFFT     English, German
Variant of TOFT

TILLENS     Dutch, Flemish, German
From the Germanic name Thietilo, a medieval diminutive of DIETRICH.

TOBIAS     English, French, German, Jewish
From the given name TOBIAS.

TOLKIEN     German
Derived from the Saxon Tollkühn, meaning "foolhardy"... [more]

TRESLER     German
Means "treasurer".

TRITTEN     German
Topographic name for someone who lived by a step or flight of steps, from Middle High German trit "step".

TRUMBAUER     German
Means "strong neighbour, peasant" from the German trum "strong" and bauer "peasant, neighbour".

TSCHIDA     German
Derived from a Slavic given name of unknown origin.

UNKLE     German
Means "from Unkel"... [more]

UNRUH     German
Refers to a restless, fidgety, nervous person, from German unruhe, meaning "unrest".

UNTERBRINK     German
Means "dweller under the slope, edge" from the Middle Low German unter "under" and brinc "edge, slope".

URSLER     German
Means "from Ursel, Germany".

VANN (2)     Dutch, German
Means "dweller by a water (a freshwater lake)" from the Middle High German vann.

VAN TONDER     German
Means "from Tonder, Denmark".

VENETIANER     German, Italian, Jewish
Probably one of the few surnames with an unique known ancestor - Alexsandor Vinazie, a Jewish man who possibly emigrated from Venice to the town of Liptovsky Mikulas in a region which today is known as the Slovak Republic... [more]

VICTOR     Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Derived from the male given name VICTOR.

VIETH     German
From the given name VITO.

VOGEL     German
From Middle High German vogel meaning "bird"... [more]

VOGT     German
From the Middle High German occupational name voget, vogt, voit meaning "overseer, bailiff, lawyer".

VOGTS     German
Patronymic variant of VOGT

VOIGT     German
Variant of VOGT

VOIGTS     German
Patronymic variant of VOGT

VOLK     German
Derived from given names that began with the Germanic element folk meaning "people".

VOLL (2)     German
Variant of VOLK

VON BRANDT     German
Means "(dweller in an) area cleared by fire" from the Middle High German brant.

VON ESSEN     German
Means "from Essen (a city in Germany)" in German.

VON GRIMMELSHAUSEN     German
Means "from Grimmel's houses", from von meaning "from"; Grimmel, a name or place, alternatively a word of uncertain meaning; and hausen, the plural of the word for "house".

VON INGERSLEBEN     German
Originally indicated a person from Ingersleben, Germany, which means "INGE's village".

VONNEGUT     German
Possibly means "(dweller by the) good hunting track" from the Germanic vonn "hunting track" and gut "good".

VON WEGBERG     German
German surname meaning "of Wegberg"... [more]

VOSS     Low German
From Middle Low German vos meaning "fox"... [more]

VOß     German
Variant of VOSS

WÄGNER     German
Variant of WAGNER

WAGNER     German
From Middle High German wagener meaning "cartwright"... [more]

WÄHNER     German
Variant of WAGNER

WAHNER     German
Variant of WAGNER

WALDFOGEL     German, Jewish
Means "forest bird"... [more]

WALDVOGEL     German, Jewish
Variant spelling of WALDFOGEL.

WALKENHORST     German
Derived from the place name Falkenhorst in Germany, which means "wooded hill inhabited by falcons".

WALTER     English, German
Derived from the given name WALTER.

WALTHER     German
From the German given name WALTHER.

WALTZ     German
Diminutive of WALTHER.

WANG (3)     German
Place name for someone who lived on or near a grassy area, from Middle German wang, literally "cheek", but also in southern German having the sense "grassy slope or field".

WARNER     German, English
Variant of WERNER

WAXWEILER     German
Denoted a person from Waxweiler, a village in the Eifel region of Germany just north of Trier.

WEBER     German
Variant of WEEBER, used more commonly today in Germany.

WECHSLER     German, Jewish
Means "money changer, banker" from the German word Geldwechsler "money changer".

WEDEKIND     German
From an Old German given name composed of the elements witu "woods" and chind "child".

WEEBER     German
From the German for "weaver".

WEGENER     Low German
Low German variant of WAGNER

WEGNER     Low German
Low German variant of WAGNER

WEHNER     German
Variant of WAGNER

WEHUNT     German
Americanized form of German WIEGAND

WEIGAND     German
Variant of WIEGAND

WEIMAN     German
Means "wine seller, producer" from the German Wein, Middle High German wîn.

WEINER     German
Variant of WAGNER

WEISS     German
From Middle High German wiz meaning "white"... [more]

WEIß     German
Variant of WEISS

WELTER     German
Variant of WALTER

WENDEL     German
Derived from the given name WENDEL.

WENDELL     German
Derived from the given name WENDEL.

WERNER     German
From the German given name WERNER.

WERNHER     German
Variant of WERNER

WESTERBERG     Swedish, German
Means "west of the mountain", originally referring to a person who lived there.

WETTERMAN     German
Means "weatherman" perhaps referring to someone who foretold the weather, from the German wetter.

WETZEL     German
From the given name WENZEL.

WEXLER     German, Jewish
Variant of WECHSLER

WIECK     German
Means "dweller in an outlying settlement that was dependent on a larger village" from the Latin vicus.

WIEGAND     German
Means "noble and worthy". From the Breton given name Wiucon.

WILDGRUBE     German
Possibly means "dweller by the wild (animal's) den" from the German grube "hollow, pit" and wild "wild, untamed".

WINTER     English, German, Swedish
From the Old English winter or the Old High German wintar (Middle High German winter) meaning "winter"... [more]

WINTHER (1)     German
From the German given name Winther (Old High German winid "Wend, Sorb" and heri "army").

WINTHER (2)     German
Variant of WINTER

WIRNER     German
Variant of WERNER

WIRNHIER     German
Variant of WERNER

WIRT     German
Variant of WIRTH

WIRTH     German, Jewish
Means "innkeeper" from the German Wirt "host".

WOLF     German, English
From Middle High German wolf meaning "wolf".

WOLFF     German, Norwegian, Jewish
Variant of WOLF

WOLTER     German
Variant of WALTER

WÖRNER     German
Variant of WERNER

WÖRNHÖR     German
Variant of WERNER

WRUCK     German
Nickname from Middle Low German wruk or wrok, meaning "cantankerous"... [more]

WYMAN (2)     German
Americanized form of WEIMAN.

XYLANDER     Dutch, German
From Greek xylon, which meant "wood, forest", and andros, which meant "man"... [more]

ZELLWEGER     German
Means "from Zellweg", a location in Germany... [more]

ZILBERSCHLAG     German, Jewish
Occupational surname for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".

ZIMMERMAN     German
Variant of ZIMMERMANN

ZIMMERMANN     German, Jewish
From the German word for "carpenter", derived from Middle High German zimber "timber, wood" and mann "man".

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