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3/8/2025, 11:51 AM Paradiso36
11/5/2023, 7:16 AM Paradiso36

Name Kestenbaum
Type Surname (from location & ornamental)
Usage German, Jewish
Other Forms FormsKesten
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

from German dialect Kästenbaum (from Latin Castanea) a topographic name for someone living near a horse-chestnut tree. As a Jewish name it is mainly artificial. Derived from kastanie "chestnut" and boum "tree".
Added 11/5/2023 by Paradiso36