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Almendinger Upper German, German (Swiss)
Habitational name for someone from a place called Allmendingen, of which there are two examples in Switzerland, in the canton of Bern, and one in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Amsler German (Swiss)
Derived from German Amsel "(European) blackbird", this was an occupational name for a fowler (bird catcher).

Anneler German (Swiss)
Variant of Annen.

Balmer German (Swiss)

Binder Upper German, German (Swiss)
Truncated form of Fassbinder.

Bindschädler German (Swiss)
Derived from German binden "to bind" and Swiss German schädlen "to make wood vessels", this is an occupational surname referring to a cooper, a barrel maker.

Bindschedler German (Swiss)
Variant of Bindschädler.

Bircher German (Swiss)
South German and Swiss German topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from Middle High German birche "birch" + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.

Birchler German (Swiss)
A Swiss German variant of Bircher.

Bleuler German (Swiss)
From an agent derivative of Middle High German bliuwen meaning "to pound". Hence an occupational name for the owner of a pounding mill.

Bollinger German (Swiss)
Habitational name for someone from any of three places called Bollingen, in Schwyz, Württemberg, and Oldenburg, or from Bohlingen near Lake Constance (which is pronounced and was formerly written as Bollingen).

Briner German (Swiss)
Habitational name for someone from Brin in Grison canton (Graubünden) or from the Brin valley.

Brunner Upper German, German (Austrian), German (Swiss), Jewish
Derived from Middle High German brunne "spring, well", this name denoted someone who lived beside a spring.

Buchser German (Swiss)

Buchwalder German, German (Swiss)
Buchwalder is a German Surname.

Damur German (Swiss)
Germanized form of Damour.

Detweiler German (Swiss)
From the name of a village in Switzerland or from one with a similar name (Dettweiler) in France.

Detwiler German (Swiss)
Variant of Detweiler.

Elsener German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Elisabeth.

Elsinger German (Swiss)
Probably a derivative of Elsing.

Ermatinger German (Swiss)
The surname Ermatinger derives from the village of Ermatingen on the Swiss shore of Lake Constance. It simply means "from Ermatingen".... [more]

Fahr German, German (Swiss)
A topographic name for someone who lived near a crossing point on a river, from Middle High German vare, meaning ferry.

Finsler German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Alfons.

Flückiger German (Swiss)
Origin and meaning unknown.

Forrer German (Swiss)
Variant of Furrer.

Freuler German (Swiss)

Fricker German, German (Swiss)
Habitational name for someone from the Frick valley in Baden, Germany, or from Frick in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland.

Funkhouser German (Swiss)

Furrer German (Swiss)
Topographic name from the regional term furre ‘cleft in the ground’.

Gasser German (Swiss)
Occupational name for a goat herd from Middle High German geiz meaning "Goat" and (n)er an agent suffix.

Geiser German, German (Swiss)
Occupational name for a goatherd, from a derivative of Middle High German geiz 'goat'.

Giger German (Swiss)
Variant of Geiger.

Glauser German (Swiss)
Patronymic form of Glaus.

Gmür German (Swiss)

Greiner Upper German, German (Swiss)
Nickname for a quarrelsome or cantankerous person, derived from Middle High German grīner meaning "squabbler, quarreler" (ultimately an agent derivative of grīn meaning "loud, cry, screaming, shouting")... [more]

Gubler German (Swiss)
Means "Of the Mountains"... [more]

Gutjahr German, German (Swiss)
nickname for someone born on New Year's Day from a New Year's greeting meaning "Good year".

Hägler German (Swiss), Jewish
Accented form of Hagler. Primarily used in Switzerland.

Hascher German (Swiss)

Hilfiker German (Swiss)
Altered spelling of Hilfinger, patronymic derivative of the personal name Hilfo, Helfo, a short form of a Germanic personal name based on helfe 'helper'.

Honsberger German (Swiss)
Variant of Hunsberger.

Kaeser German, German (Swiss)
Occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant from an agent derivative of Middle High German kæse "cheese". Variant of Käser.

Käser German, German (Swiss)
occupational name for a cheesemaker or a cheese merchant (see Kaeser ). topographic name for someone who lived by a summer dairy in the Alps from a Tyrolean dialect word derived from Ladin casura... [more]

Kathriner German (Swiss, Rare)
From the given name Kathrin + er meaning "of, from."

Kübler German, German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle High German kübel "tub vat barrel", this is an occupational surname referring to a cooper.

Lagger German (Swiss)

Lauper German (Swiss)
From the short form of a Germanic personal name composed of the elements liut 'people', 'tribe' + berht 'famous'. topographic name for someone who lived at a Lauben, a row of houses and stores with an arcade in front, from Middle High German loube 'arbor', 'bower', 'gallery'.

Leuenberger German (Swiss)
Means "one who came from Löwenberg" in German.

Lieberherr German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Lieber.

Meer German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from Late Latin maior domus "mayor of a palace" (compare Meyer 1).

Mettler German, German (Swiss)

Mohler German (Swiss)
Derived from the Low German word möhl, meaning "mill." Variant of Müller.

Mohr German, German (Swiss), Romansh
Derived from Latin maurus "Moorish, North African".

Moor German (Swiss)
Variant of Mohr.

Morgenthaler German (Swiss)
Derived from the place name Murgental in the Swiss canton Aargau and Obermurgenthal in the canton Bern.

Murer German (Swiss)
Cognate of Maurer.

Nater German (Swiss)
Derived from Middle High German nâtaere "tailor; furrier".

Neeser German (Swiss)
Derived from the given name Agnes.

Neuenschwander German (Swiss), Swiss
Means "newly cleared land".

Nighswander German (Swiss)
An Americanized form of the Swiss German Neuenschwander or its variant Neuschwander.

Notter German (Swiss)
Variant of Nater.

Ochsner German (Swiss)
Means "oxen herder" in Swiss, from Middle High German ohse "ox".

Overholser German (Swiss)
The Oberholtzer family originated in the Swiss village of Oberholtz, south of Zurich, before the 15th century. However, in 1661, one family left Switzerland for the Palatinate in Germany.

Püntener German, German (Swiss), German (Austrian)

Räuber German, German (Swiss)
German, Swiss German: derogatory nickname, from Middle High German roubære ‘robber’, ‘bandit’, ‘highwayman’ (from roub, roup ‘booty’, ‘spoils’).

Reller German (Swiss)
Occupational name for a miller, derived from the Swiss German dialect term relle meaning "grist mill".

Ruhstaller German (Swiss)

Sandmeier German, German (Swiss), German (Austrian)
From Middle High German sand combined with Meier 1, referring to a tenant farmer whose farm was on sandy soil.

Sautter German (Swiss)
Variant of Sauter.

Saxer German (Swiss), Romansh
Habitational name for someone from a place called Sax or Saxe.

Schädler German (Swiss), Romansh
Truncated form of Bindschädler.

Schaffner German, Jewish, German (Swiss)
German: occupational name for a steward or bailiff, variant of Schaffer.

Schaufelberger German (Swiss)
likely refers to someone from a place named Schaufenberg.

Schedler German (Swiss)
Variant of Schädler.

Scheidegger German, German (Swiss)
Topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary or watershed. The name was derived from the Old German word SCHEIDE, meaning 'to part, to divide'. It may also have been a habitation name from any of the numerous places named with this word.

Scheuchzer German (Swiss)
Variant of Schuster.

Schnider German (Swiss)
Variant of Schneider.

Schrepfer German (Swiss), German
Derived from from Middle High German schrepfer "barber-surgeon's assistant", ultimately from the verb schrepfen "to bleed someone".

Shaffner German, German (Swiss)
Americanized version of German occupational name for a steward or bailiff, variant of Schaffner and Schaffer.... [more]

Sommerhalder German (Swiss)
From High German sommer meaning "summer" and halder meaning "holder".

Spycher German (Swiss)

Steinrisser German (Swiss)

Sullenberger German (Swiss)
Derived from an unknown place called Sullenberg or from Schallenberg in Baden, Switzerland. A famous bearer is Sully Sullenberger (1951-), an American retired Air Force fighter pilot and airline captain who is best known for saving all 155 people aboard in the 2009 ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River off Manhattan, after both engines were disabled by a bird strike.

Suter German, German (Swiss), English
Variant of Sutter.

Walder German (Swiss)

Weininger German (Swiss), Jewish
Denoted a person from Weiningen, a municipality in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. It is also a Jewish ornamental name derived from German wein meaning "wine" and the suffix -inger.

Wenger German, German (Swiss)
The surname Wenger is derived from the Middle High German word "wenger," "meaning "wagoner" or "cartwright."" It was an occupational name given to someone who worked as a wagon maker or driver. Another possible origin is that is derived from the German word, wenge, "meaning field of meadow"

Widmer German (Swiss)

Wiesendanger German (Swiss)

Wolfensberger German (Swiss)
Habitational name derived from the name of the now ruined castle of Wolfsberg near Bauma in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Yoder German (Swiss, Americanized)
Americanized form of the Swiss German surname Joder, derived from a dialectical short form of Theodor, Joder.

Zuber German, German (Swiss)
German: Metonymic occupational name for a cooper or tubmaker, from Middle High German zuber ‘(two-handled) tub’, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a tub. ... [more]

Zutter German, Belgian, German (Swiss)
Variant of Sutter.

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