Browse Surnames

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

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.

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

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

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).

Wexler Jewish
Variant of Wechsler.

Neuman German, Jewish
Variant of Neumann.

Nussenbaum Jewish
Variant of Nussbaum.

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

Silverstein זילבערשטיין Jewish
Variant of Zilberstein.

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

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

Hirsch 2 הירש Jewish
Derived from the given name Hirsh.

Kaufman German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

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

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

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

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

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

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).

Waldfogel Jewish
Variant of Waldvogel.

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

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.

Ezra עֶזְרָא Jewish
From the given name Ezra.

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

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

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

Heiman היימאַן Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.

Aaron Jewish, English
From the given name Aaron.

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.

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

Penzik Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Rot German, Jewish
Variant of Roth.

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

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

Amos עָמוֹס Jewish
From the given name Amos.

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

Rosenberger German, Jewish
Variant of Rosenberg.

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

Winograd וינוגרד Jewish
Jewish form of Vinogradov.

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

Amsel 1 Jewish
Derived from the given name Anshel.

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

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.

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.

Siskind Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

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.

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.

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

Adler German, Jewish
Means "eagle" in German.

Löwe German, Jewish
Means "lion" in German.

Heyman היימאַן Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.

Sokoll Jewish
Variant of Sokol.

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

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

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

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

Warshawsky Jewish
Variant of Warszawski.

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.

Meier 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Lichtenberg Jewish
Means "light hill" in German.

Lowe 1 Jewish
Americanized form of Löwe.

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

Fisher English, Jewish
Cognate of Fischer.

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

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

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.

Adams English, Jewish
Derived from the given name Adam.

Sobel Jewish
Variant of Sobol.

Kauffmann German, Jewish
Variant of Kaufmann.

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.

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

Siegel 3 Jewish
Variant of Segal 1.

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.

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.

Sokolsky Jewish
Means "son of Sokol".

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

Nathanson Jewish
Means "son of Nathan".

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

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

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

Levine לֵוִין Jewish
Patronymic from the given name Levi.

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

Berkowicz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

Goldhirsch Jewish
Means "golden stag" in Yiddish.

Avraham Jewish
From the given name Abraham.

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

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

Orenstein Jewish
Means "horn stone" in German.

Schwartz German, Jewish
Variant of Schwarz.

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

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

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

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-).

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.

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.

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

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.

Vang 2 Yiddish
Variant of Wang 4.

Grünspan Jewish
Original form of Greenspan.

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

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.

Siskin 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".

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

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

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

Stueck German, Jewish
Variant of Stück.

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".

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.

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

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

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

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.

Levi לֵוִי Jewish
From the given name Levi.

Krantz German, Jewish
Variant of Kranz.

Abrams Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

Berkowitz Jewish
Variant of Berkovich.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mandelbaum Jewish
Means "almond tree" in German.

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

Zimman Jewish
Possibly a variant of Zimmermann.

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

Nathans Jewish
Derived from the given name Nathan.

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

Langer German, Jewish
German cognate of Long.

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

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".

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

Moses Jewish, English
Derived from the given name Moses.

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

Susskind Jewish
Variant of Ziskind.

Stern 2 German, Jewish
German cognate of Starr.

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

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

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.

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

Bramson Jewish
Means "son of Bram".

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

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

Abrahamson Jewish, English
Means "son of Abraham".

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

Böhmer German, Jewish
Variant of Böhm.

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

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.

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

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

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

Penzak Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

Mayer 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

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

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

Pensak Yiddish
Variant of Penzig.

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

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

Meir מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

Maier 2 מֵאִיר, מאייר Jewish
Variant of Meyer 2.

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

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