Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the usage is Jewish; and the first letter is S.
usage
letter
Salomon French, German, Jewish
Derived from the given name Salomon or Salomo.
Samuel English, Welsh, French, Jewish
Derived from the given name Samuel.
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).
Scheinberg Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "beautiful mountain" from German schön "beautiful, good, nice" and berg "mountain".
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.
Schreier German, Jewish
Occupational name for a town crier, from Old High German scrian meaning "to shout, to yell".
Schwarz German, Jewish
Means "black" in German, from Old High German swarz. It originally described a person with black hair or a dark complexion.
Seelenfreund Jewish
From German Seele meaning "soul" and Freund meaning "friend".
Segal 1 סגל Jewish
From the Hebrew phrase סגן לויה (seḡan Lewiya) meaning "assistant Levite".
Shafir שאַפֿיר Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "sapphire" in Yiddish.
Shain שיין Jewish
Means "beautiful, handsome" in Yiddish, from German schön.
Shapiro שׁפּירא Jewish
Means "pretty, lovely" in Hebrew, from Aramaic.
Sheinfeld Jewish
Ornamental name derived from German schön "beautiful, good, nice" and feld "field".
Sherman 2 שערמאַן Jewish
Means "tailor" in Yiddish, derived from שער (sher) meaning "scissors".
Silverstein זילבערשטיין Jewish
Variant of Zilberstein.
Simon שִׁמְעוֹן English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Simon 1.
Siskin Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.
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.
Sokoll Jewish
Variant of Sokol.
Sokolsky Jewish
Means "son of Sokol".
Solomon English, Romanian, Jewish
Derived from the given name Solomon.
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.
Sternberg Jewish
Ornamental name derived from old German stern "star" and berg "mountain".
Stück German, Jewish
From Old High German stucki meaning "piece, part".