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

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

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

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

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.

Warshawsky Jewish
Variant of Warszawski.

Winograd וינוגרד Jewish
Jewish form of Vinogradov.

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

Ezra עֶזְרָא Jewish
From the given name Ezra.

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).

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

Sokolsky Jewish
Means "son of Sokol".

Siskind Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

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

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

Levine לֵוִין Jewish
Patronymic from the given name Levi.

Rosenberger German, Jewish
Variant of Rosenberg.

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.

Krantz German, Jewish
Variant of Kranz.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Adams English, Jewish
Derived from the given name Adam.

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

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.

Orenstein Jewish
Means "horn stone" in German.

Waldfogel Jewish
Variant of Waldvogel.

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.

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

Neuman German, Jewish
Variant of Neumann.

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.

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

Nathanson Jewish
Means "son of Nathan".

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Lowe 1 Jewish
Americanized form of Löwe.

Heyman היימאַן Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.

Avraham Jewish
From the given name Abraham.

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

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

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

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

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

Amsel 1 Jewish
Derived from the given name Anshel.

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

Siskin Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

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

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

Vang 2 Yiddish
Variant of Wang 4.

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

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

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

Lichtenberg Jewish
Means "light hill" in German.

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

Levi לֵוִי Jewish
From the given name Levi.

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

Kaufman German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

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

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

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

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

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.

Adler German, Jewish
Means "eagle" in German.

Rot German, Jewish
Variant of Roth.

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

Langer German, Jewish
German cognate of Long.

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

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

Zimman Jewish
Possibly a variant of Zimmermann.

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

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

Löwe German, Jewish
Means "lion" in German.

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

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

Silverstein זילבערשטיין Jewish
Variant of Zilberstein.

Stern 2 German, Jewish
German cognate of Starr.

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

Sobel Jewish
Variant of Sobol.

Berkowitz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

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

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.

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.

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

Wexler Jewish
Variant of Wechsler.

Susskind Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

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

Moses Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Moses.

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

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.

Meier 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

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

Abrahamson Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

Bramson Jewish
Means "son of Bram".

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

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).

Penzak Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Nussenbaum Jewish
Variant of Nussbaum.

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

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

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

Fisher English, Jewish
Cognate of Fischer.

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

Mandelbaum Jewish
Means "almond tree" in German.

Heiman היימאַן Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.

Penzik Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Grünspan Jewish
Original form of Greenspan.

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

Amos עָמוֹס Jewish
From the given name Amos.

Berkowicz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

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".

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

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

Mayer 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

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

Siegel 3 Jewish
Variant of Segal 1.

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.

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.

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

Meir מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

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.

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

Abrams Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Hirsch 2 הירש Jewish
Derived from the given name Hirsh.

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

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

Pensak Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Kauffmann German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

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.

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

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.

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

Schwartz German, Jewish
Variant of Schwarz.

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

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

Maier 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Sokoll Jewish
Variant of Sokol.

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

Böhmer German, Jewish
Variant of Böhm.

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

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

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

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

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-).

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

Goldhirsch Jewish
Means "golden stag" in Yiddish.

Aaron Jewish, English
From the given name Aaron.

Nathans Jewish
Derived from the given name Nathan.

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

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

Stueck German, Jewish
Variant of Stück.

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

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