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This is a list of surnames in which the usage is German; and the gender is unisex; and the relationship is diminutive.

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Abel 2 German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Albert.

Abeln German
Patronymic derived from a diminutive of Albert.

Aust German
Derived from Aust, an archaic diminutive of August.

Boesch German, Low German
Variant of Bösch 1 or Bösch 2.

Bösch 1 German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Sebastian.

Brahms German
Derived from the given name Abraham. A famous bearer of this surname was the German composer Johannes Brahms (1833-1897).

Brändle German
Derived from a diminutive of the Old German given name Brando.

Brose German
Derived from the given name Ambrose.

Dohman German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Thomas.

Engel German
Derived from German given names beginning with Engel, such as Engelbert.

Enns German
Derived from a short form of the German given name Anselm.

Fabel German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Fabian.

Fried German
Derived from the given name Friedrich.

Gensch German
From the given name Gensch, a Sorbian form of John.

Giese German, Danish
Derived from a short form of the given name Giselbert or other Old German names beginning with the element gisal meaning "pledge, hostage".

Göbel German
Derived from the given name Göbel, a diminutive of the Old German name Godabert.

Goebel German
Variant of Göbel.

Heintze German
Derived from a diminutive of Heinrich.

Heinz German
Derived from a diminutive of Heinrich.

Hennig German
From a diminutive of the given name Heinrich.

Hintzen German
Means "son of Hintz", a diminutive of Heinrich.

Hirschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.

Jahn German
From a Low German short form of Johannes.

Jundt German
Derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name Judith.

Kopp German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Jakob.

Kuhn German
Derived from a diminutive of the German given name Konrad.

Kuntz German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Kunz German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Kunze German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Konrad.

Leitzke German
Either from Leitzkau, the name of a town in Saxony-Anhalt, or from a diminutive of the given name Leutz, a variant of Lutz.

Manz German
From a diminutive of the given name Managold.

Martz German
Derived from an old diminutive of Martin.

Meindl German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Meino.

Mendel 2 German
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Meino. A famous bearer was Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), a Czech monk and scientist who did experiments in genetics.

Merkel German
From a diminutive of the given name Markus. A notable bearer is the former German chancellor Angela Merkel (1954-).

Metz 2 German
Derived from Mätz, a diminutive of the given name Matthias.

Sander German, Danish
Derived from the given name Alexander.

Schwenke 2 German
From a given name, a Low German diminutive of Swanhild.

Seidel German
From a diminutive of the given name Siegfried.

Siegel 2 German
Derived from the diminutive of Old German given names beginning with the element sigu meaning "victory".

Sitz 1 German
Derived from a given name beginning with the Old High German element sigu meaning "victory".

Waltz German
From a diminutive of the given name Walther.