karrenbauer, swetnam, zebroski
what do they mean?
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Karrenbauer means "Cartwright" in GermanIt's not a common word in German though, and it's not found in Grimm's Dictionary. But the meaning seems to be obvious.
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Karrenbauer means "farmer who comes from the farm "karen"My father belongs to this family and he searched a lot in the last years in regard to his name. Karrenbauer is a family name common only in a small region of germany (Saarland)The name did not come from a profession but from the name of a farm near by Püttlingen. The farm's name was "Karen" and it is still known as a field name ("Kar" is a geographic term that means "cirque"). "Bauer" means "Farmer".
So the meaning of the name is just the farmer from the farm "Karen".
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Swetnam from English (Cheshire) place name, Swettenham. This means "Swetta's homestead", Swetta being a man's name with, it is said, the meaning "Sweet".
Zebroski from Polish Zebrowski, surname based on a place name, I believe.
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