Browse Surnames

Kaufman German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

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

Nathanson Jewish
Means "son of Nathan".

Baum German, Jewish
Means "tree" in German. A famous bearer was the American author L. Frank Baum (1856-1919).

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

Penzak Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

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

Fisher English, Jewish
Cognate of Fischer.

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

Shain שיין Jewish
Means "beautiful, handsome" in Yiddish, from German schön.

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.

Amos עָמוֹס Jewish
From the given name Amos.

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).

Reich German, Jewish
Nickname for a wealthy or powerful person, from Old High German rihhi "rich, powerful".

Blumenthal German, Jewish
Derived from German Blumen "flowers" and Thal "valley".

Haber German, Jewish
Occupational name for one who grew or sold oats, derived from Old High German habaro "oat". As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.

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

Simon שִׁמְעוֹן English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Simon 1.

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

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

Ezra עֶזְרָא Jewish
From the given name Ezra.

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.

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

Hayes 3 Jewish
Matronymic name derived from the given name Chaya.

Zimman Jewish
Possibly a variant of Zimmermann.

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".

Hirsch 2 הירש Jewish
Derived from the given name Hirsh.

Mendel 1 מענדל, מֶנְדְל Jewish
Derived from the given name Mendel.

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

Stück German, Jewish
From Old High German stucki meaning "piece, part".

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

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).

Siskin Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

Penzik Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Sokoll Jewish
Variant of Sokol.

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.

Sheinfeld Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German schön "beautiful, good, nice" and feld "field".

Goldhirsch Jewish
Means "golden stag" in Yiddish.

Meier 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

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

Nussenbaum Jewish
Variant of Nussbaum.

Zilberschlag Jewish
Occupational name for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".

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

Blum German, Jewish
Means "flower" in German and Yiddish.

Avraham Jewish
From the given name Abraham.

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

Stueck German, Jewish
Variant of Stück.

Warshawsky Jewish
Variant of Warszawski.

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.

Kravitz Jewish
Occupational name derived from Polish krawiec meaning "tailor".

Wechsler German, Jewish
Means "money changer, banker", from German wechseln "to exchange".

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

Kleid Jewish
Occupational name for a tailor, from Old High German kleid meaning "garment, clothing".

Rothenberg German, Jewish
From Middle High German rot meaning "red" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish name it may be ornamental.

Berkowicz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

Adams English, Jewish
Derived from the given name Adam.

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

Siegel 3 Jewish
Variant of Segal 1.

Rot German, Jewish
Variant of Roth.

Freud German, Jewish
Means "joy" in German, a nickname for a cheerful person. A famous bearer was the psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).

Wexler Jewish
Variant of Wechsler.

Zimmermann German, Jewish
From the German word for "carpenter", derived from Middle High German zimber "timber, wood" and mann "man".

Pensak Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Mandel מאַנדל 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.

Reis German, Jewish
From Middle High German ris meaning "twig, branch, bush", denoting a person who lived in an overgrown area. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

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

Kauffmann German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

Schwartz German, Jewish
Variant of Schwarz.

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

Nathans Jewish
Derived from the given name Nathan.

Silverstein זילבערשטיין Jewish
Variant of Zilberstein.

Löwe German, Jewish
Means "lion" in German.

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.

Mandelbaum Jewish
Means "almond tree" in German.

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

Maier 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Schreier German, Jewish
Occupational name for a town crier, from Old High German scrian meaning "to shout, to yell".

Grünberg German, Jewish
From German grün meaning "green" and Berg meaning "mountain". This name indicated a person who lived on or near a forest-covered mountain.

Shapiro שׁפּירא Jewish
Means "pretty, lovely" in Hebrew, from Aramaic.

Einstein Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German ein "one" and stein "stone". A famous bearer was the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955).

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

Böhmer German, Jewish
Variant of Böhm.

Amsel 1 Jewish
Derived from the given name Anshel.

Sokolsky Jewish
Means "son of Sokol".

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.

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.

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.

Heyman היימאַן Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.

Blumstein Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "flower stone" in German.

Langer German, Jewish
German cognate of Long.

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

Wang 4 Yiddish
Name for a Jew from Hungary, ultimately from Russian Венгрия (Vengriya) meaning "Hungary".

Krantz German, Jewish
Variant of Kranz.

Berkowitz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

Sternberg Jewish
Ornamental name derived from old German stern "star" and berg "mountain".

Seelenfreund Jewish
From German Seele meaning "soul" and Freund meaning "friend".

Meir מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Meyer 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
From Hebrew מֵאִיר (meir) meaning "enlightened".

Shafir שאַפֿיר Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "sapphire" in Yiddish.

Wirth German, Jewish
Occupational name for an innkeeper, derived from German wirt meaning "host".

Aaron Jewish, English
From the given name Aaron.

Adler German, Jewish
Means "eagle" in German.

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

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

Kaufmann German, Jewish
Means "trader, merchant" in German.

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.

Neuman German, Jewish
Variant of Neumann.

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

Segal 1 סגל Jewish
From the Hebrew phrase סגן לויה (seḡan Lewiya) meaning "assistant Levite".

Sobel Jewish
Variant of Sobol.

Vang 2 Yiddish
Variant of Wang 4.

Stein German, Jewish
From Old High German stein meaning "stone". It might indicate the original bearer lived near a prominent stone or worked as a stonecutter. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Lehrer Jewish
Means "teacher" in German (Yiddish לערער (lerer)).

Grünspan Jewish
Original form of Greenspan.

Scheinberg Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "beautiful mountain" from German schön "beautiful, good, nice" and berg "mountain".

Tobias English, German, Jewish
From the given name Tobias.

Weiss German, Yiddish
From Middle High German wiz or Yiddish װייַס (vais) meaning "white". This was originally a nickname for a person with white hair or skin.

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

Waldvogel German, Jewish
From a nickname for a carefree person, derived from German Wald meaning "forest" and Vogel meaning "bird". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

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

Wallach װאַלאַך, וולך Yiddish
From Middle High German walch meaning "foreigner (from a Romance country)".

Abrahamson Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

Adam um English, French, German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Moses Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Moses.

Heiman היימאַן Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.

Waldfogel Jewish
Variant of Waldvogel.

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

David um English, French, German, Welsh, Czech, Portuguese, Romanian, Jewish
From the given name David.

Morgenstern German, Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "morning star" in German.

Levi לֵוִי Jewish
From the given name Levi.

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

Lichtenberg Jewish
Means "light hill" in German.

Sobol Ukrainian, Russian, Jewish
Occupational name for a fur trader, from the Slavic word sobolĭ meaning "sable, marten". As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Abrams Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

Orenstein Jewish
Means "horn stone" in German.

Bieber German, Jewish
From Middle High German biber meaning "beaver", possibly a nickname for a hard worker.

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

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

Levine לֵוִין Jewish
Patronymic from the given name Levi.

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

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

Freudenberger German, Jewish
Ornamental name from old German freud meaning "joy" and berg meaning "mountain".

Sherman 2 שערמאַן Jewish
Means "tailor" in Yiddish, derived from שער (sher) meaning "scissors".

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-).

Samuel English, Welsh, French, Jewish
Derived from the given name Samuel.

Solomon English, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.

Penzig Yiddish
Denoted a person who came from Penzig, the German name for Pieńsk, a town in southwest Poland. It is derived from Polish pień meaning "stump, tree trunk".

Riese German, Jewish
Means "giant" in German, from Old High German risi.

Siskind Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

Nussbaum German, Jewish
Means "nut tree", derived from the German Nuss "nut" and Baum "tree".

Bramson Jewish
Means "son of Bram".

Rosenberger German, Jewish
Variant of Rosenberg.

Roth German, Jewish
From Middle High German rot meaning "red". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Sokol mu Slovak, Czech, Jewish
From Czech and Slovak sokol meaning "falcon", a nickname or an occupational name for a falconer. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

Susskind Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

Mayer 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Stern 2 German, Jewish
German cognate of Starr.

Hochberg German, Jewish
From place names meaning "high hill" in German.

Gold English, German, Jewish
From Old English and Old High German gold meaning "gold", an occupational name for someone who worked with gold or a nickname for someone with yellow hair. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.

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

Winograd וינוגרד Jewish
Jewish form of Vinogradov.

Lowe 1 Jewish
Americanized form of Löwe.

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

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

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