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Augustin French, German
From the given name Augustin.

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

Bachmeier German
Originally referred to a farmer whose farm was beside a stream, from Middle High German bach "stream" and meier "steward, tenant farmer".

Baier German
Variant of Bayer.

Bayer German
Originally denoted a person from Bavaria, from its German name Bayern.

Beyer German
Variant of Bayer.

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

Böhm German
Originally indicated a person from the region of Bohemia (Böhmen in German).

Böhme German
Variant of Böhm.

Böhmer German, Jewish
Variant of Böhm.

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

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

Fabian German, English, Polish
Derived from the given name Fabian.

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

Faust German
Derived from the given name Faust, a form of Faustus.

Feigenbaum German, Jewish
Means "fig tree" in German.

Franz German
Derived from the given name Franz.

Fries German
Denoted someone from Frisia, an area along the coastal region of the North Sea stretching from Netherlands to Germany.

Giehl German
German form of Giles.

Hasenkamp German
From a northern German place name meaning "rabbit field", from Old Saxon haso "hare" and kamp "field" (from Latin campus).

Hofmeister German
Means "master of the household", from Old High German hof "yard, court, house" and meistar "master" (from Latin magister).

Jordan 1 English, French, German
Derived from the given name Jordan.

Kaiser German
From Middle High German keiser meaning "emperor", originally a nickname applied to someone who acted kingly. The title ultimately derives from the Roman name Caesar.

Kappel German, Dutch
Name for a person who lived near or worked at a chapel, ultimately from Late Latin cappella, a diminutive of cappa "cape", arising from the holy relic of the torn cape of Saint Martin, which was kept in small churches.

Kiefer 2 German
Occupational name for a barrel maker, derived from Old High German kuofa meaning "barrel".

Koch German
German cognate of Cook.

Kron German, Swedish
From German Krone and Swedish krona meaning "crown" (from Latin corona), perhaps a nickname for one who worked in a royal household.

Kurz German
Means "short" in German, ultimately from Latin curtus.

Kurzmann German
Means "short man" in German.

Lafrentz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lafrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Laurenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lawrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Leverenz German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Lewerenz.

Lewerentz German
Variant of Lewerenz.

Lewerenz German
From a northern German form of the given name Lorenz.

Loewe German
Variant of Löwe.

Lohrenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lorentz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Lorenz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Loris German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Loritz German
Derived from the given name Lorenz.

Löwe German, Jewish
Means "lion" in German.

Maier 1 German
Variant of Meyer 1.

Mandel German, Yiddish
Means "almond" in German, an occupational name for a grower or seller, or a topographic name for a person who lived near an almond tree. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Martin English, French, German, Swedish
Derived from the given name Martin. This is the most common surname in France.

Martz German
Derived from an old diminutive of Martin.

Maurer German
Occupational name meaning "wall builder" in German.

Mayer 1 German
Variant of Meyer 1.

Meier 1 German
Variant of Meyer 1.

Melsbach German
From the name of a German town, possibly meaning "mill stream".

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

Meyer 1 German
From Middle High German meier meaning "bailiff, administrator", derived from Latin maior meaning "greater". Later it also denoted a tenant farmer. The spellings Meier and Meyer are more common in northern Germany while Maier and Mayer are more common in southern Germany.

Meyers German, English
Patronymic form of Meyer 1, Mayer 3 or Myer.

Mohren German
Derived from the given name Maurus.

Mueller German
Variant of Müller.

Muhlfeld German
Means "mill field" in German.

Müller German
German equivalent of Miller, derived from Middle High German mülnære or müller.

Muller German
Variant of Müller.

Oliver English, Catalan, German, French
Derived from the given name Oliver.

Pabst German
From German Papst, a cognate of Pope.

Pahlke German
Low German cognate of Peel.

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

Pawlitzki German
German surname derived from a Slavic form of the given name Paul.

Pfaff German
From a nickname meaning "priest, cleric" from Old High German pfaffo, from Latin papa.

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

Planck German
German variant of Plank.

Plank German, English
Means "plank", from Old French, itself from Late Latin planca. This could have referred to a person who lived by a plank bridge over a stream, someone who was thin, or a carpenter.

Pohl 2 German
From the given name Paul.

Post Dutch, German, English
Indicated a person who lived near a post, ultimately from Latin postis.

Prinz German, Jewish
Means "prince", used as an ornamental name by Jews or as a nickname for someone who acted in a princely manner.

Rose 1 English, French, German, Jewish
Means "rose" from Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose, all from Latin rosa. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in an area abundant with roses. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental, from Yiddish רויז (roiz).

Rosenberg German, Swedish, Jewish
Means "rose mountain" in German and Swedish. As a Swedish and Jewish name it is ornamental.

Rosenberger German, Jewish
Variant of Rosenberg.

Rosenfeld German, Jewish
Means "field of roses" in German. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Sauter German
Occupational name for a cobbler, from Latin sutor "sewer, cobbler".

Schreiber German
German cognate of Scriven.

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

Schuster German
Means "shoemaker, cobbler", from Middle High German schuoch "shoe" and suter, from Latin sutor "sewer, cobbler".

Shriver German
German cognate of Scriven.

Southers German (Anglicized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Sauter.

Urban mu Czech, Slovak, Polish, German
Derived from the given name Urban.

Valentin French, German
From the given name Valentin.

Vieth German
From the given name Veit.

Vogt German
Occupational name from Middle High German voget meaning "bailiff, administrator, steward", ultimately from Latin advocatus.

Vogts German
Patronymic variant of Vogt.

Voigt German
Variant of Vogt.

Voigts German
Patronymic variant of Vogt.

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

Wieck German
Means "village, town", derived from Latin vicus.