Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is Jewish; and the length is 5 or 10 or 15.
usage
Aaron Jewish, English
From the given name Aaron.
Adams English, Jewish
Derived from the given name Adam.
Adler German, Jewish
Means "eagle" in German.
Amsel 1 Jewish
Derived from the given name Anshel.
Blumenthal German, Jewish
Derived from German Blumen "flowers" and Thal "valley".
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.
Feigenbaum German, Jewish
Means "fig tree" in German.
Freud German, Jewish
Means "joy" in German, a nickname for a cheerful person. A famous bearer was the psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939).
Goldhirsch Jewish
Means "golden stag" in Yiddish.
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.
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.
Harel הַרְאֵל Jewish
Ornamental name adopted from a biblical place name meaning "altar, mountain of God" in Hebrew.
Hayes 3 Jewish
Matronymic name derived from the given name Chaya.
Jaffe יָפֶה Hebrew
Alternate transcription of Hebrew יָפֶה (see Yaffe).
Kleid Jewish
Occupational name for a tailor, from Old High German kleid meaning "garment, clothing".
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-).
Kranz German, Jewish
Derived from Old High German kranz meaning "wreath", an occupational name for a maker of wreaths or an ornamental Jewish name.
Maier 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.
Mandelbaum Jewish
Means "almond tree" in German.
Mayer 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.
Meier 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.
Mendelsohn מענדעלסאָן, מנְדְלסון Jewish
Means "son of Mendel".
Meyer 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
From Hebrew מֵאִיר (meir) meaning "enlightened".
Moses Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Moses.
Pasternack פּאַסטערנאַק, פּסטרנק Polish (Anglicized), Yiddish
Americanized form of Pasternak.
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".
Prinz German, Jewish
German form of Prince. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental.
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.
Reich German, Jewish
Nickname for a wealthy or powerful person, from Old High German rihhi "rich, powerful".
Riese German, Jewish
Means "giant" in German, from Old High German risi.
Rothenberg German, Jewish
From Middle High German rot meaning "red" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish name it may be ornamental.
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.
Scheinberg Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "beautiful mountain" from German schön "beautiful, good, nice" and berg "mountain".
Segal 1 סגל Jewish
From the Hebrew phrase סגן לויה (seḡan Lewiya) meaning "assistant Levite".
Shain שיין Jewish
Means "beautiful, handsome" in Yiddish, from German schön.
Simon שִׁמְעוֹן English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Simon 1.
Sobel Jewish
Variant of Sobol.
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.
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.
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.
Stern 2 German, Jewish
German cognate of Starr.
Stück German, Jewish
From Old High German stucki meaning "piece, part".
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.
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.
Wirth German, Jewish
Occupational name for an innkeeper, derived from German wirt meaning "host".
Yaffe יָפֶה Hebrew
Means "beautiful, pleasant" in Hebrew.
Zimmermann German, Jewish
From the German word for "carpenter", derived from Middle High German zimber "timber, wood" and mann "man".