Aaron

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Aaron.

Amos

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the given name Amos.

Amsel (1)

Usage: Jewish

Derived from the given name Amsl, a variant of Anselm.

Avraham

Usage: Jewish

Variant form of Abraham.

Bachman

Usage: Dutch, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of life" from the Hebrew ben chayim.

Baum

Usage: German, Jewish

Means "a tree" in German.

Baumann

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German buman meaning "farmer".

Berkovich

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Berko" in Yiddish, derived from Hebrew Baruch.

Berkowicz

Usage: Jewish

A variant spelling of Berkovich.

Berkowitz

Usage: Jewish

A variant spelling of Berkovich.

Bieber

Usage: German, Jewish

From Middle High German biber ‘beaver’, German Biber, or Yiddish biber, hence a nickname, possibly a nickname for a hard worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal. In some cases the surname may be habitational, from a house or some other place named with this word. As a Jewish name it is largely ornamental.

Blum

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "flower" in German and Yiddish.

Blumenthal

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from German Blumen "flowers", thal "valley".

Blumstein

Usage: Jewish, German Extra: Statistics

Means "flower stone" in German.

Böhmer

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Originally referred to a person who was from Bohemia (the western Czech Republic).

Briefman

Usage: Jewish

Most likely means "brief man". Its origin can be traced back to Israel.

Chaikin

Usage: Jewish

Metronymic from Yiddish female personal name Khayke, a pet form of Khaye, meaning "life".

Cohen

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Hebrew for "priest". It usually denotes one of the priestly tribe of Levi.

David

Usage: English, French, Scottish, Jewish, Czech Extra: Statistics

From the given name David.

Espinosa

Usage: Spanish, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the Spanish espinoso, meaning "thorny", ultimately from Latin spîna and spînosus, respectively meaning "spine" and "full of spines/spiny". Occasionally used as a Sephardic Jewish surname.

Ezra

Usage: Jewish

From the given name Ezra.

Feigenbaum

Usage: German, Jewish

Means "a fig tree" in German.

Feld

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "field" in German. The name was originally given to someone who lived on land cleared of forest.

Feldt

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

A variant of Feld.

Fermi

Usage: Italian, Jewish

A locative surname coming from the town of Fermo in Marche region, not far from Rome. It is often a Jewish surname. A Jewish community was in Fermo in the past centuries.

Fisher

Usage: English, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Cognate of Fischer.

Gass

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Name for someone who lived on a street in a city, from German gasse.

Goldhirsch

Usage: Jewish

It means "golden stag" in Yiddish.

Greenberg

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Anglicized form of the German surname Grünberg, which is formed from the words grün "green" and Berg "mountain." This name indicated a person who lived on or near a forest-covered mountain.

Greenspan

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Anglicized form of German Grünspan which meant "verdigris". Verdigris is the green-blue substance that forms on copper.

Haber

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from German Haber "oats". This was an occupational name for one who grew or sold oats.

Harel

Usage: Jewish

Means in Hebrew "mountain of God".

Herschel

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Hirsch (1) or Hirsch (2).

Hershey

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name Hirsh.

Hirsch (2)

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Hirsh.

Hochberg

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "high hill" in German.

Horowitz

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the German name for Horovice, a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Jäger

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German jeger(e) meaning "hunter".

Jordan (2)

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name of the Jordan river in Israel, which is derived from yarad meaning "descend" or "flow down".

Kaminski

Usage: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Name for someone who came from a town called Kamien. Kamien comes from the Slavic word kamiñ meaning "stone".

Kauffmann

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Kaufman.

Kaufman

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "merchant" in German.

Kleid

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Occupational name for a tailor, from German Kleid "garment, clothing".

Klein

Usage: German, Dutch, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "little" from German klein or Yiddish kleyn. A famous bearer of this name is clothes designer Calvin Klein.

Krakowski

Usage: Polish, Jewish

Habitional name for a person of the city of Kraków in southern Poland.

Kramer

Usage: German, Low German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Krämer.

Krantz

Usage: Jewish, German, Dutch

A variant of Kranz.

Kravitz

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

An occupational name meaning "tailor" (from Polish krawiec). A famous bearer is singer Lenny Kravitz.

Landau

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the German town of Landau, which meant "land valley".

Langer

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

German form of Long.

Lehrer

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

German surname meaning "teacher".

Levi

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the Hebrew name Levi, which derives from the word yilaveh, meaning "praised".

Levine

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Levi, which derives from the word yilaveh, "praised".

Lowe (1)

Usage: Jewish

A Germanized variant of Levi.

Luzzatto

Usage: Italian, Jewish

From Lusatia, a region of northern Germany from where a Jewish community came in about the 15th/16th century.

Maier

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Meyer (1).

Maksimov

Usage: Russian, Jewish, Bulgarian

Means "son of Maksim".

Mandel

Usage: German, Jewish

A variant of Mendel; also means "an almond" in German.

Mandelbaum

Usage: German, Jewish

Means "an almond tree" in German.

Markovic

Usage: Russian, Jewish, Serbian

Means "son of Marko.

Matos

Usage: Portuguese, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller by a plantation of trees" from the Old Spanish mata. Matos is also a name adopted by Jews of Portuguese and Spanish background. In 1589, Francisco Rodrigues de Matos was accused of being a Rabbi and convicted by the Inquisition, but it is doubtful that he was, in fact, a Rabbi.

Mayer (2)

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Comes from Hebrew meir which means "enlightened".

Meier

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Meyer (1).

Meir

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Mayer (2).

Mencher

Usage: Polish, Jewish

Occupational surname for a miller or flour dealer (derived from Polish maczarz).

Mendel

Usage: Jewish, German Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Mendel.

Mendelsohn

Usage: Jewish, German Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Mendel".

Mendelssohn

Usage: Jewish, German

Means "son of Mendel".

Meyer (2)

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Mayer (2).

Moses

Usage: Jewish, English Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Moses.

Neuman

Usage: Jewish, German Extra: Statistics

Variant of Neumann.

Novak

Usage: Czech, Polish, Slovak, Slovene, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from Slavic novy "new", originally a name for someone who was new to a village.

Nussbaum

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "nut tree" from the Germanic words nuß meaning "nut" and baum meaning "tree".

Nussenbaum

Usage: German, Jewish

Variant of Nussbaum.

Östberg

Usage: Swedish, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "mountain (or hill) in the east" from Swedish öst "east" and berg "mountain", "hill".

Pascal

Usage: French, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the personal name Pascal.

Pasternack

Usage: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

The name translates literally as "white turnip" or "parsnip".

Pasternak

Usage: Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Pasternack. Famous bearer was Boris Pasternak, author of 'Doctor Zhivago'.

Pontecorvo

Usage: Italian, Jewish

From the name of a village near Rome, where an Israeli community settled centuries ago.

Prinz

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "prince", used as an ornamental surname by Jews or as a nickname for someone who acted in a 'princely' manner.

Rapp (2)

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "dark haired" or "raven-like".

Regenbogen

Usage: German, Jewish

From the German word meaning "rainbow".

Reis

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Ornamental name from German Reis, meaning "twig" or "branch".

Reuter (1)

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "dweller in a clearing" or "clearer of woodland" from the Middle High German riute.

Reuter (2)

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "highwayman" from the Middle High German riutœre.

Riese

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "giant" from German Riese.

Rose (1)

Usage: English, French, German, Scottish, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "rose" from the Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in a rosy area. Also found derived from the Yiddish royz which always referred to the flower.

Rosenberg

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "mountain of roses" in German.

Rosenberger

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Rosenberg.

Rosenfeld

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "field of roses" in German.

Rot

Usage: German, Jewish

Variant of Roth.

Roth

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German rot meaning "red". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Rothenberg

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "red mountain" from the German rot meaning "red" and berg meaning "mountain".

Rothschild

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "red shield, sign" from the German rot "red" and the German/Yiddish s(c)hild "sign, shield". The surname originally comes from one family who took their name from a house with a red shield or sign on it but since has been adopted by unrelated Jews.

Salomon

Usage: English, French, Venetian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Jewish, Hungarian Extra: Statistics

Derived from the first name Salomon.

Samson

Usage: English, French, German, Jewish, Dutch Extra: Statistics

Derived from the name Samson.

Samuel

Usage: English, French, German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the given name Samuel.

Scheinberg

Usage: German, Jewish

Means "lovely, beautiful mountain" from the German schön "fine, beautiful" and berg meaning "mountain".

Schenck

Usage: German, Dutch, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German, Middle Dutch schenke meaning "wine server" (from Old High German scenken "to pour out"). As a German name it also denotes a tavernkeeper.

Schindler

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "shingler, roof tiler". A famous bearer is Oskar Schindler, who saved over 1,000 Polish Jews during WWII.

Schneider (2)

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "tailor" from the German schneider or Yiddish shnayder. A famous bearer of the surname is Austrian actress Romy Schneider, remembered for her performance as Sissi.

Schnur

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "rope maker" from the German schnur or Yiddish shnur.

Schreier

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

German/Yiddish word that means "screamer" or "shrieker" or "crier", perhaps an occupational name for a town crier. There are two main branches of people with the name: Lutherans from Bavaria, and Ashkenazic Jews from the area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire formerly known as Galicia, which is today in southwestern Ukraine.

Schwarz

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From Middle High German swarz meaning "black". Originally described a person with black hair or a black complexion.

Seelenfreund

Usage: German, Jewish

Middle High German vriunt, modern German freund, meaning "friend" and modern German seele, meaning "soul".

Segal (1)

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

An acronym of the Hebrew phrase SeGan Levia meaning "second rank Levite".

Seidel

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the German word seidel meaning "beer mug".

Shafir

Usage: Jewish

An ornamental surname meaning "sapphire" from the Yiddish shafir.

Shain

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

An ornamental surname meaning "beautiful, handsome" from the German schön.

Shapiro

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

From Hebrew shapir which means "pretty, lovely".

Sheinfeld

Usage: German, Jewish

Means "lovely, beautiful field" from the German schön "fine, beautiful" and feld meaning "field".

Sherman (2)

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "tailor" in Yiddish, derived from sher "scissors".

Siegel (3)

Usage: Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Segal (1).

Silverstein

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "silver stone" from German Silber + Stein. It was adopted when the Jews in Europe were compelled to take surnames in the early part of the 19th century.

Simon

Usage: Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from the Hebrew first name Simon.

Sinasohn

Usage: German, Jewish

Variant of Sinason.

Siskin

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "sweet child" from the words suess meaning "sweet" and kind meaning "child".

Siskind

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Siskin.

Sitz (1)

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from a given name beginning with the Germanic element sigi meaning "victory".

Sitz (2)

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "house owner" from the Middle High German siz "seat, domicile".

Sobol

Usage: Polish, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Derived from either the Polish sobol meaning "marten" or the Old High German zobel meaning "sable".

Sokol

Usage: Czech, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "falcon" from the Slavic sokol. A occupational name for a falconer or as an ornamental name in the Jewish cases.

Sokoll

Usage: Russian, Czech, Jewish

From the Russian word sokol meaning "hawk".

Sokolof

Usage: Russian, Jewish, Polish

Means "son of Sokol".

Sokoloff (1)

Usage: Jewish, Polish Extra: Statistics

Means "son of Sokol".

Sokolofsky

Usage: Polish, Jewish

Means "of Sokolof".

Sokolsky

Usage: Polish, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "from Sokol (the family)".

Solomon

Usage: French, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Salomon.

Spitznogle

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "sharp nail" in German.

Stein

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the Old High German word stein meaning "stone". It is common in German-Jewish names like Bernstein and Orenstein.

Stolarz

Usage: Polish, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Occupational name meaning "joiner" from Polish stolarz.

Stueck

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "piece, part" from the Middle High German st?ck.

Suess

Usage: German, Jewish

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

Tobias

Usage: English, French, German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

From the personal name Tobias.

Toledano

Usage: Jewish

A jewish name derived from the name of the city of toledo, during the banishing of the jews of spain into morroco and africa, they kept thier last names which signify the city of origin in spain.

Venetianer

Usage: German, Italian, Jewish

Probably one of the few surnames with an unique known ancestor - Mr. Alexsandor Vinazie, a Jewish gentlemen who possibly emigrated from Venice to the town of Liptovsky Mikulas in a region which today is known as the Slovak Republic. Vinazie was later germinized to its present form Venetianer.

Waldfogel

Usage: German, Jewish

Means "forest bird". Derived from the Old High German words wald, meaning "forest" and fogal meaning "bird".

Waldvogel

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant spelling of Waldfogel.

Wechsler

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

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

Wexler

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wechsler.

Wirth

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Means "innkeeper" from the German Wirt "host".

Wolff

Usage: German, Norwegian, Jewish Extra: Statistics

Variant of Wolf.

Zilberschlag

Usage: German, Jewish

An occupational surname for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".

Zimman

Usage: Jewish

Assigned to families migrating via Ellis Island in the early part of the 20th century. May be a variation of Zimmermann.

Zimmermann

Usage: German, Jewish Extra: Statistics

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

Zingel

Usage: Jewish

From Middle High German zingel "defensive wall". This name was originally applied to a person who lived near the outermost wall of a castle.