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Abrahams Jewish, English, Dutch
Means "son of Abraham".

Abrahamson Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

Abrams Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

Berkovich Jewish
Means "son of Berko" in Yiddish, Berko being a derivative of Ber.

Berkowicz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

Berkowitz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

Böhmer German, Jewish
Variant of Böhm.

Bramson Jewish
Means "son of Bram".

Chaikin חייקין Yiddish
From a diminutive of the given name Chaya.

Cline German (Anglicized), Jewish
Anglicized spelling of Klein.

Cohen כֹּהֵן Jewish
Means "priest" from Hebrew כֹּהֵן (kohen). It originally denoted one of the priestly tribe of Levi.

Feld German, Jewish
Means "field" in German. The name was originally given to someone who lived on land cleared of forest.

Fisher English, Jewish
Cognate of Fischer.

Greenberg German (Anglicized), Jewish
Anglicized form of Grünberg.

Greenspan Jewish
Anglicized form of German Grünspan meaning "verdigris". Verdigris is the green-blue substance that forms on copper.

Grünspan Jewish
Original form of Greenspan.

Gutenberg German, Jewish
Variant of Guttenberg. A notable bearer was the inventor of the printing press Johannes Gutenberg (1398-1468), whose family hailed from an estate by this name.

Guttenberg German, Jewish
From the name of various places, derived from Middle High German guot meaning "good" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

Harel הַרְאֵל Jewish
Ornamental name adopted from a biblical place name meaning "altar, mountain of God" in Hebrew.

Hersch הירש German, Jewish
Variant of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.

Herschel הירשל German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2. A famous bearer was the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), as well as his sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and son John Herschel (1792-1871), also noted scientists.

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

Horowitz Jewish
From the German name of Hořovice, a town in the Czech Republic. Its name is derived from Czech hora "mountain".

Jordan 2 Jewish
Derived from the name of the Jordan river, which is from Hebrew יָרַד (yaraḏ) meaning "descend" or "flow down".

Katz כּץ, כּייץ Jewish
Derived from Hebrew כֹּהֵן צֶדֶק (kohen tzedek) meaning "priest of justice", indicating a descendant of Aaron.

Kauffmann German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

Kaufman German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

Klein German, Dutch, Jewish
Means "small, little" from German klein or Yiddish kleyn. A famous bearer of this name is clothes designer Calvin Klein (1942-).

Krakowski mu Polish, Jewish
Habitational name for a person from the city of Kraków in southern Poland.

Kramer Low German, Jewish
Low German and Jewish form of Krämer.

Krantz German, Jewish
Variant of Kranz.

Kranz German, Jewish
Derived from Old High German kranz meaning "wreath", an occupational name for a maker of wreaths or an ornamental Jewish name.

Landau German, Jewish
Derived from the town of Landau in the Palatinate region of Germany, of Old High German origin meaning "land valley".

Langer German, Jewish
German cognate of Long.

Lichtenberg Jewish
Means "light hill" in German.

Lowe 1 Jewish
Americanized form of Löwe.

Maier 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Mayer 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Meier 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Meir מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Mendelsohn מענדעלסאָן, מנְדְלסון Jewish
Means "son of Mendel".

Mendelssohn מענדעלסאָן, מנְדְלסון Jewish
Means "son of Mendel".

Mittelman Jewish
Nickname for a man of moderate means, from Yiddish, ultimately from Old High German mittil "means, resources".

Nathanson Jewish
Means "son of Nathan".

Neuman German, Jewish
Variant of Neumann.

Nussenbaum Jewish
Variant of Nussbaum.

Pasternack פּאַסטערנאַק, פּסטרנק Polish (Anglicized), Yiddish
Americanized form of Pasternak.

Pasternak פּאַסטערנאַק, פּסטרנק Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Yiddish
Means "parsnip" in various Slavic languages, ultimately from Latin pastinaca. A famous bearer was Boris Pasternak (1890-1960), author of Doctor Zhivago.

Pensak Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Penzak Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Penzik Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Pontecorvo Italian, Jewish
From the name of a town in central Italy, home to an old Jewish community. The town's name is derived from Italian ponte "bridge" and curvo "curved".

Regenbogen German, Jewish
From a German nickname meaning "rainbow", probably a habitational name for someone who lived in a house with the sign of a rainbow. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

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).

Rosenberger German, Jewish
Variant of Rosenberg.

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

Rot German, Jewish
Variant of Roth.

Rothschild Jewish
From Middle High German rot "red" and schilt "shield", or Yiddish רויט (roit) and שילד (shild). The famous Rothschild family of bankers took their name from a house with a red shield on it.

Sandberg Swedish, Norwegian, Jewish
From Swedish and Norwegian sand (Old Norse sandr) meaning "sand" and berg meaning "mountain" (or in the case of the Jewish surname, from the Yiddish or German cognates).

Schneider German, Jewish
From German schneider or Yiddish shnayder, making it a cognate of Snyder.

Schnur German, Jewish
From Old High German snuor meaning "rope, cord", an occupational name for a maker of rope.

Schwartz German, Jewish
Variant of Schwarz.

Siegel 3 Jewish
Variant of Segal 1.

Silverstein זילבערשטיין Jewish
Variant of Zilberstein.

Siskin Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

Siskind Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

Sobel Jewish
Variant of Sobol.

Sokoll Jewish
Variant of Sokol.

Sokolsky Jewish
Means "son of Sokol".

Stern 2 German, Jewish
German cognate of Starr.

Stueck German, Jewish
Variant of Stück.

Susskind Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

Vang 2 Yiddish
Variant of Wang 4.

Waldfogel Jewish
Variant of Waldvogel.

Warshawsky Jewish
Variant of Warszawski.

Warszawski mu Polish, Jewish
Place name for someone from the Polish city of Warsaw, itself derived from the given name Warsz, a short form of Warcisław.

Wexler Jewish
Variant of Wechsler.

Winograd וינוגרד Jewish
Jewish form of Vinogradov.

Wolff German, Danish, Norwegian, Jewish
Variant of Wolf.

Zilberstein זילבערשטיין Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "silver stone", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and שטיין (tein), both of Old High German origin.

Zimman Jewish
Possibly a variant of Zimmermann.

Zingel Jewish
From Middle High German zingel "defensive wall". This name was originally applied to a person who lived near the outermost wall of a castle.

Ziskind זיסקינד Jewish
Ornamental name, or from a given name, meaning "sweet child", derived from Yiddish זיס (zis) meaning "sweet" and קינד (kind) meaning "child", both words of Old High German origin.

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