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Type Surname (from location)
Other Forms FormsWitgenstein, Wittgensteiner
Meaning & History
Denoted one who came from the Wittgenstein castle in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, derived from Old High German witt meaning "white" and stein meaning "stone". A notable bearer was the Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951).