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Abraham Jewish, English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch
Derived from the given name Abraham.

Alscher German
Means "son of Adalheidis".

Althaus German
Name for a person dwelled in or by an old house, from German alt "old" and haus "house".

Andreas German
Derived from the given name Andreas.

Bachman German (Anglicized)
Anglicized form of Bachmann.

Bambach German
Variant of Baumbach.

Baumann German, Jewish
From Middle High German bumann meaning "farmer, builder".

Beckert German
Variant of Becker.

Behrend German
Derived from the given name Bernd.

Bernard um French, English, Dutch, German, Czech, Slovene
From the given name Bernard.

Blecher German
Occupational name for someone who worked with tin or sheet metal, from German blech "tin".

Boehler German
Variant of Böhler.

Braband German
Derived from the name of the region of Brabant in the Netherlands and Belgium. It possibly means "ploughed region" or "marshy region" in Old High German.

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

Breiner German, Swedish
Occupational name derived from Middle High German brie "porridge".

Derichs German
Means "son of Dirk".

Dirksen Dutch, German
Means "son of Dirk".

Dittmar German
Derived from the given name Dietmar.

Eilerts German
Derived from the given name Eilert.

Faerber German
Variant of Färber.

Falkner English, German
English variant and German cognate of Faulkner.

Fiedler German
Means "fiddler" in German.

Fischer German
Occupational name meaning "fisherman" in German.

Gärtner German
German form of Gardener.

Gehring German
Derived from a short form of Old German names starting with the element ger "spear".

Geisler German
Variant of Geissler 1 or Geissler 2.

Gerhard German
Derived from the given name Gerhard.

Gerstle German
Variant of Gerst.

Größel German
Variant of Groß, used in southern Germany.

Großel German
Variant of Groß, used in southern Germany.

Großer German
Variant of Groß.

Grosser German
Variant of Groß.

Günther German
Derived from the given name Günther.

Gunther German
Derived from the given name Günther.

Gwerder German (Swiss)
From Swiss German gwerig meaning "agile, alert".

Habicht German
German cognate of Hawk.

Hartman Dutch, German
Dutch and Americanized form of Hartmann.

Haumann German
Derived from Middle High German houwen "to chop" and man "man", referring to a butcher or woodchopper.

Häusler German
Name for someone who lived in a house with no land, derived rom Old High German word hus meaning "house".

Havener German
Variant of Hafner.

Heintze German
Derived from a diminutive of Heinrich.

Herbert English, German, French
Derived from the male given name Herbert.

Hermann German
From the given name Hermann.

Hiedler German
From southern German Hiedl meaning "underground stream".

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

Hoefler German
Variant of Hofer.

Hoffman German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Hoffmann.

Hofmann German
Variant of Hoffmann.

Holland 2 Dutch, German, English
Indicated a person from the Dutch province of Holland 1.

Huffman German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Hoffmann.

Kästner German
Means "cabinet maker", derived from Middle High German kaste "box".

Kaufman German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

Kistler German
Occupational name meaning "chest maker, cabinetmaker" from Middle High German kiste.

Kistner German
Variant of Kistler.

Klassen German
Means "son of Klaus".

Kneller German
Originally a nickname for a noisy or disruptive person, derived from Old German knellen "to make noise, to cause a disturbance".

Kraemer German
Variant of Krämer.

Krückel German
Nickname for a crippled person or someone who walked with a cane, from Middle High German krücke meaning "cane".

Küchler German
Occupational surname for a baker who made small cakes or cookies, derived from Middle High German kuoche "cake, pastry".

Kundert German
Derived from the given name Konrad.

Lafrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Laurenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lawrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lehmann German
From Middle High German lehenman meaning "vassal, liege man".

Leitner German
Referred to one who lived on a hillside, from Middle High German lite "slope".

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.

Lindner German
Variant of Linden.

Lohrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lorentz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Mangold German
From the given name Managold.

Meisner German
Variant of Meissner.

Messner German
Occupational name for a sexton or churchwarden, from Old High German mesinari.

Metzger German
Means "butcher" in German.

Michael English, German
From the given name Michael.

Mueller German
Variant of Müller.

Neumann German, Jewish
From Middle High German niuwe and man meaning "new man, newcomer".

Oelberg German
Means "oil hill" from Middle High German öl "oil" and berg "mountain, hill".

Oursler German
Originally a name designating a person from Ursel (now Oberursel) in Hesse, Germany.

Pichler Upper German
From Bavarian Bühel meaning "hill".

Pilgrim English, German
Nickname for a person who was a pilgrim, ultimately from Latin peregrinus.

Porsche German
Possibly derived from German Bursche meaning "boy, servant" or from the given name Boris.

Raskopf German
Possibly from German rasch "quick" and Kopf "head".

Richard English, French, German, Dutch
From the given name Richard.

Richter German
Means "judge" in German, from Middle High German rihtære.

Salomon French, German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Salomon or Salomo.

Schäfer German
From Old High German scaphare meaning "shepherd".

Schenck German
Variant of Schenk.

Scherer German
Occupational name for a cutter of cloth or a sheep-shearer, from Old High German skeran "to cut".

Schmidt German
Occupational name derived from Middle High German smit "smith, metalworker", a cognate of Smith.

Schmitt German
Variant of Schmidt.

Schmitz German
Variant of Schmidt, originating in the Rhine area in western Germany.

Schnell German
German cognate of Snell.

Schnoor German
Variant of Schnur.

Schreck German
From Middle High German schrecken meaning "to frighten, to scare".

Schuler German
Means "scholar, student" in German, ultimately from Latin schola meaning "school".

Schultz German
Variant of Schulz.

Schulze German
Variant of Schulz.

Schwarz German, Jewish
Means "black" in German, from Old High German swarz. It originally described a person with black hair or a dark complexion.

Shriver German
German cognate of Scriven.

Siebert German
Derived from the given name Siegbert.

Siegert German
Derived from the given name Sieghard.

Siekert German (Rare)
Derived from the given name Sieghard.

Simonis Dutch, German
Means "son of Simon 1".

Slusser German
Variant of Schlosser.

Steiner German
Variant of Stein.

Stenger German
Occupational name for a post maker, from Old High German stanga "pole".

Steuben German
Name for a dweller by a stump of a large tree, from Middle Low German stubbe "stub".

Stieber German
Derived from Middle High German stiuben meaning "to run away". It may have been given as a nickname to a cowardly person or a thief.

Strobel German
Diminutive form of Straub.

Stroman German
Means "straw man" in German, an occupational name for a seller of straw.

Switzer German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Schweitzer.

Tolkien German
Possibly from a Low German byname Tolk meaning "interpreter" (of Slavic origin). A famous bearer was the English author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973). According to him, the surname was derived from German tollkühn meaning "foolhardy".

Tritten German
Originally denoted someone who lived by a set of steps, from Middle High German trit "step".

Tschida German
Possibly derived from a Slavic given name of unknown meaning.

Walther German
From the given name Walther.

Wehnert German
Variant of Wagner.

Weigand German
From the given name Wiegand.

Weimann German
From German Wein meaning "wine", an occupational name for a wine seller or producer.

Wendell German
Variant of Wendel (typically American).

Wernher German
From the given name Werner.

Wiegand German
From the given name Wiegand.

Winkler German
Derived from Old High German winkil meaning "corner".

Wörnhör German
From the given name Werner.

Ziegler German
Means "bricklayer" or "brickmaker" in German, from Middle High German ziegel "brick, tile".

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