Appendix:Jewish surnames

This is a list of Jewish surnames. For more information on naming in the Jewish tradition, please see Jewish name.

Biblical Hebrew personal names and their derived surnames

Note that the original Biblical name is given first:

• Aaron = Aron,Aarin Aronbayev/Aronbayoff, Aarons, Ahrens, Aaronson, Aronov/Aronoff, Aronson, Aronovich, Aronowicz/Aronowitz, Arenstein, Arnstein, Baron, Barron, Hornstein/Horenstein/Gorenstein

• Abraham = Aberke, Aberl(Aberle), Aberlein, Aberlieb, Aberlin, Abers, Aberzuss, Abraham, Abrahams, Abrahamson, Abram, Abrams, Abramovitch/Abramovich/Abramowicz, Abramoff, Abramov, Abramowitz/Abramovitz, Abreska, Abromovitch, Afroemche, Afrom, Afromle, Babrahams, Braham, Ebermann, Ebril, Abel.
• Alexander = Alexander, Alon = Oak, Saunders, Sender.
• Asher = Anschel, Ansell, Anscher/Ancher/Antscher, Antschel/Ancel, Ančerl, Archer, Ascher, Asher, Asherson, Assur, Maschel.

• Baruch = Bendit, Bendict, Benedict, Beniton, Berthold, Borach, Boruch, Barouch, Barron, Brook, Bruck, Barrow

• Ben Yohanan = Eanes, Yanez

• Bavli = meaning from Babylon.

Bathsheba at her bath

• Bathsheba = Bashevis, Basevi, Bassevi
• Benjamin = Lopes, Lopez (also a non-Jewish Spanish name), Seef, Seff, Wolf, Wolff, Wulf.

• David = Bendavid, David, Davidowitz/Dawydowicz/Davidovich/Davidovitch, Davids, Davidson, Davies, Davis, Davison, Dawidowitsch, Tewel, Tewele, Teweles (cf.Tevye).

• Elchanan = Elkan, Elkin.
• Eleazar = Eleasser, Eleazar, Ellosor, Lasar, Lazan, Lazar, [Lazarus].
• Eliezer = Leeser, Leser, Lewis, Leyser, Leiser, Löser.
• Elijah = Elias, Eliasaf, Eliassof, Eliason, Elie, Elijah, Ellis, Ellison/Ellisson.
• Emanuel = Emanuel, Manuel, Mendel.
• Ephraim = Fischel/Fischl, Fishel/Fishl, Fischlin, Fraime.
• Ezekiel = Eheskel, Ezekiel, Heskel, Haskil, Kaskel/Caskel.
• Frug/Fróg= From Hebrew: שְׂרוּג, S'rugh ; "branch". Frug was the son of Reu and the father of Nahor, according to Genesis 11:20-23. He is also the great-grandfather of Abraham.
• Gabriel = Gafril, Gefril.
• Gedaliah = Guedallz.
• Gershon = Geronymus.
• Gideon = Gedide.

• Harim = Mountains, Harim Alon = Mountains of Oak

• Ihler ,Isaac = Eisech, Eissig, Gitzok, Ickzack, Isaac, Isaacs, Isaacson, Isaacstein/Isaakstein, Itzig, Izaaks, Hickman/Hickmann, Hitchcock, Lachman/Lachmann (cf.lachen; "Isaac laught"), Sachs, Sack, Sacks, Sace, Sackel/Sakel/Seckel, Sichel, Zeklin.
• Israel = Israel, Israels, Israelson, Isril, Isserl, Isserlein, Isserles.
• Issachar = Achsel/Axel, Bar, Baer, Barell, Barnard, Barnett, Berush/Berusch, Beer, Berlin, Bernard, Berthold, Schulter.

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

• Jacob = Benjacob, Jackson, Jacob, Jacobi, Jacobs, Jacobson, Jacobus, Jacoby,Jacobi, Jakobi, Jacobson, Jacof, Jainof, Yokelson/Jochelson (cf.Vladimir).
• Joel = Jool, Jolchen, Julius.
• Jonah = Jonas, Jonassohn, Jones, Taub, Taubmann, Taubman, Tauber, Dauber, Taube, Taubes.
• Joseph = Jees, Jessel, Jessop, Jocelyn, Josel/Jossel/Joselewicz, Joseph, Josephi, Josephs, Josephson, Joskin, Joslin, Josselson, Yoish, Yosl.
• Judah = Ben-Ari, Ben-Löb, Judah, Judel, Judelson/Idelsohn//Idelson, Judith, Leo, Leon, Leoni (cf:Leo Lionni), Leonte, Leontin, Leuw, Lion, Lionel, Löbel, Löblin, Leubusch, Löbusch, Löwe, Löwel, Lyon, Lyons.

• Levi = Aleuy, Elvy, Halevy, Ha-Levi, Lavey, Lavor, Lebel, Leblin, Levay, Levai, Leib, Leopold, Leve, Levene, Levenson, Levi, Levie, Levien, Levin, Levine, Levinsky, Levinsohn, Levison, Levit, Levy, Lewey, Lewi, Lewin, Lewinski/Lewinsky, Lewinson, Lewis, Löb, Löbl/Löbel, Loewe, Loewi, Louissohn, Lovy, Low, Löwy, Lowy, Levinson.

• Manasseh = Manasse, Mannes, Menasci, Mones, Meneses, Menezes
• Mordecai > Marcus = Marx, Mordchen, Mordkin?.
• Menahem = Man, Mandl, Manin, Mann, Mendel, Mendelson, Mendelssohn, Mendl, Menke, Menken/Mencken(Minkin), Menkin, Menlin, Menzel, Monitz, Monnish (Moniuszko?), Minkovsky (Minkowski).
• Moses = Mausche, Mauss (cf.Marcel), Moise, Moiseev, Moiseiwitsch, Moritz, Mosche, Mosely, Mosen, Mosessohn, Mosesson, Moskin, Moss, Mosse, Mossel, Musheyev, Mosheyev.

• Naphtali = Cerf, Harris (cf.Zellig Harris), Harrison, Hart (cf.Lorenz Hart), Herschell, Hershkovitz, Hertz, Hertzen, Hertzl, Herz, Herzl, Hirsch, Hirschel, Hirschkovitsch, Huzka(Jenő Huszka), Zewi.

• Samson = Sampson.
• Samuel = Samuels, Samuelson, Sanvel, Sanville, Sanwil, Saville, Schmuel, Zangwill, Shinwell.
• Simeon = Simeon, Simmel, Schimmel.
• Simon = Schimme, Schima, Schimchen.
• Solomon = Salaman, Salman, Salmen, Salmon, Salmuth, Salom, Salome, Salomon, Salomone, Salomons, Schlemel, Schlome, Szlomowicz/Schlomowitz/Schlomowitsch, Shlomovich/Shlomovitch, Sloman, Slowman, Solomons, Suleiman.

• Yohanan = Hans, Yochanan Johns, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohanan

• Zachariah = Zacharias.

Hebrew names

• Kohen (one of the Kohanim; a member of the priestly caste), Cohen, Kohn, Cohn, Kuhn (also a non-Jewish German surname), Kahn, Kohan, Koch, Cook,Kogan, Cogen, Kahan, Cahan, Kahane, Kaganovich, Kon

• Efron, Efros, Efrusi (from Efrat, a town near Bethlehem)
  • Zac Efron

• Chaim = Chaimovich, Chaimson, Hyman, Heim, Haïm, Vidal (חיים, chayim; life)

• Chajes (חַיּוֹת, chayyot; creatures, as in living beings; animals) (not חייט, chayyat; tailor)

• Chofetz, Heifetz
• Geffen, Gefen (גפן; vine)
• Jaffe, Yaffe, Joffe, Ioffe, Yoffe

• Margulis, Margolis, Margoliouth, Margoliut, Margoliuth), Margoliot, (Margolioth (from margālīth, margālīyôt(h); pearl)
• Milgrom, (pomegranate)
• Melamed, Malamud (מלמד, melammed)
• Maggid

• Mosse (from Moses and/or the plural of Moss, possibly Müsse or Müssen)

• Nachmann (from Nachum)
• Narkis (narcissus)
• Nathan, Netanyahu, Natan, Nathanson, Natanson: Andrew, Matt, Jakub (chemist), Maurice, Wladyslaw, Amalia Nathansohn Freud, et al.

• Peretz,

• Osheroff, Oeyser (< עֹשֶׁר ‘ōšer; property, wealth)

• Rachmann, Rachman, Rackman (רחמן, rachămān-; merciful)
  • Peter Rachman, Leib Rochman (1918-1978), Emanuel Rackman

• Agassi (not Agassiz)
• Ibn Ezra
• Kimhi, Qimchi
• Zachariah (Hebrew for "God Remembers")
• Yahalom, Yahaloman (diamond)
• Yochanan (John)
• Washington (Possible Jewish rooted lastname)

Judaism-derived surnames

• Achselrod, Axelrod, Akselrod, from Issachar
• Hassar

• Helmann, Hellmann, Helman, Hellman, Elman, Gelman, Gellman < from Hillel
• Kantor, Cantor, Spivak, from chazzan
• Lehrer, Lerer
  • Lerner
• Matus, Mattuss, Matusowitz, Matusov, Matusoff
• Megged, Maggid
• Rabin

Judaism ritual of "Schächten", 15c.

• Reznik
  • Resnick, Reznikoff (cz.řezník, russ.резник = shochet, fleyshman, a butcher (Fleischmann, Fleischman, Fleischer, Fleischhacker, Schechter))

cf.Emil von Rezniček(cf.Řezníček) (probably Christian Czech origin)

Trevor Reznik

Mirel Reznik, Israeli Gypsy-style violinist

Charles Reznikoff

Hanon Reznikov

• Sagan, Segan
  • Segal (סג"ל), Siegel, Shagal, Chagall, Seagal, Siegel, Segalis -an acronym of סגן לוי Segan Levi, meaning "Assistant Levite"

• Freud, Sasson, Sassoon

• Guttmann, Guttman, Gutmann, Gutman, Goodman (from Tob?)

• Schechter, shochet

• Schur, Schorr, Shore

Issai Schur

Howard Shore

• • Schorer

Mark Schorer

Marc R. Schorer

People studying at cheder, 1912

• Schul, shul(G.Schule)

Bob Schul

• • Schüler, Schuler

Else Lasker-Schüler

Hans Schuler

Max Schuler (Maximilian Schuler)

Ron Schuler, politician

Schuler tuning

• • Schüller, Schuller

Eugène Schueller

Gunther Schuller

Robert H. Schuller

• • • Shuler

Shuler Hensley

• • • Schiller, Shiller
  • Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

• • Schulhoff

stoneburner

Lipót Schulhof

Ervín Schulhoff

• • Schulmann, Shulman

• Sofer, Soyfer, from sopher

Jura Soyfer

• Katz
• London
• Schatz, Schatzberg, from　shatz = šəlīach tzibbūr

Aaron Schatz, sportswriter and founder of Football Outsiders

Steve Schatzberg

Jerry Schatzberg

• Wallach,cox

• Popper (Placename)

Germanised, Yiddishised surnames translated from Hebrew or other sources

• Berman, Bermann, from ber(Bähr), bear

• Blieck, Blick are variations of the same surname. Coming from German Ashkenazim ancestry. Yiddish meaning of the name is glance or glow. Very common surname in Holland and Belgium. Research point to the Belgian Balicks and German Bloch. The name is mentioned in the book of Dr. Alexander Beider the Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia.

• Bruck=Brook from Hebrew baruch

• Dudewitz, Dudewicz, Dudevych, Dudevich, Dudević, Dudowitz, Dudovitch, Doodovitch

• Cook=Koch Also Sephardic Paul Dwight Cook a Jewish Trumpet Player

• Lapel
• Lempel
• Lieb, Liep, Liebman(n), Libman, Liepman(n), Lippmann, Lippman, Lipmann, Lipman

Liebkind, Liebeskind, Libkind, Lipkind

• Süß, Süßmann, Zisman, Süßkind(Suskind, Susskind), Ziskind

• Fried, Friedman, Friedmann - from shalom(peace), shlomoh (Solomon)
• Freud - from Simchah
• Hirsch, Hirsh, Hirschfeld, Herz, Hertz, Jelinek, Jellinek, Szarvas, Zvi
  • Harry Hershfield (originary Hershfeld)
  • Andy Hertzfeld, John Heartfield (born Herzfeld)
• Selig, Seligman(n), Zelig, Zelikow
• Walden, Waldmann, Waldenmeier, [[Waldenberg], Walde (Translated from Hebrew Ya'ar meaning woods or forest.)
• Wolf, Wouk, Farkas, Zeev
• Raedar, Raeder, Rader

Yiddish-derived surnames

• Moscheles, Moischel, Moszkowski - from Moyshe (Moses)
• Loeb, Loew / Leib, Leibowicz, Leibowitz (Eastern Yiddish) - from Loewe (lion)

Annie Leibovitz

René Leibowitz

• Nadson

German old pedigree surnames

• Adler

• Auerbach(er), Averbakh

Erich Auerbach

Leopold Auer

Madame Kaulla(nee Auerbacher)

• Bamberg, Bamberger - from Bamberg
• Barron
• Bernstein

• Bloch (see also Wallach)

• Carlebach
• Dressner, from Dresden
• Epstein, from Eppstein.
• Ettinger, Oettinger, Itinger, Iting, Etting, Itingin - from Oettingen, Germany
• Evert, Ewart, Evard, Ewarth, Ewerth, Awret, Avret
• Frankel
• Frankfurt, Frankfurter, Frankfort, Popper
• Furst, also Fuerst and Fürst

Julius Furst, orientalist

Chajim Furst, merchant

Alan Furst, US writer

Stephen Furst, US actor

Artur Furst, German author

• Guggenheim(er)
• Gertsch(on)
• Graff (Groff) Rabbinical family which includes one line that was forced to convert to Christianity during the 14th century and was based in Bäretswil, Zürich, Switzerland. Relocated later to Sinzheim, Germany.

• Günzburg, Ginsburg(Ginzburg), Ginsberg(Ginzberg), from Günzburg

• Hahn

• Halberstadt, -staedter

• Heilbron, Halpern, Halperin, Galperin - from Heilbronn

• Hildesheimer, from Hildesheim

• Kronenberg, Cronenberg
• Katzenellenbogen, from Katzenelnbogen

• • Katzenelson, Katznelson

Berl Katznelson

Yitzhak Katzenelson

Bat-Sheva Katznelson

Shmuel Tamir (Katznelson)

Ira Katznelson

• Kaplan
• Markstein
• Morgenstern
• Nauen
• Nurick
• Neidich
• Oppenheim(er)

• Rappaport, Rapaport, Rapoport
• Rosenberg
• Rosner
• Rothschild
• Rozenkwit, from Cologne (von Köln)
• Schmulewitz
• Schwarzschild, from house shield

• Schwartz

• Spira, Spiro, Shapiro(Schapiro), Shapira, Sapir
• SEIGAFUSE
• Sinzheim, Sinzheimer, form Sinzheim

Löb Sinzheim

Hugo Sinzheimer

• Stapelberg
• Strauss
• Ullman, Ulmann, from Ulm
• Wallach
• Warburg, from Warburg
• Weigel
• Weil, Weill, Veil, Veill
• Wertheim(er), from Wertheim
• Zunz, Zonser (cf. Emma Zunz, Heinrich Zunz of Odeon Records, Leopold Zunz, Eliakum Zunser, Helen Zunser Wortis, Alexander Zuntz, Gunther Zuntz), from Zons

Germanised or German surnames (Ashkenazic) with "meaning" in German

• Ackermann, Ackerman "plough-/plowman"
• Altman "high or old person", Alterman

• Barr
• Baum "tree"
  • Baumgardner, Baumgart, Baumgartner (from Baumgärtner "tree gardener")
  • Birnbaum "pear tree": Jeremiah BirnbaumNathan Birnbaum
• Bernstein "amber"
• Blumberg, Blumenberg "flower hill"
• Brandwein (from Branntwein "brandy"), Brandweiner (sometimes americanized to Brandt..)
• Brenner "burner"
• Breuer from Brauer "brewer"

• Chayyat, Khayyat, Hayyat from חַיָּת chayyāt "taylor"

• Deutsch "German"
• Eisner, Eysner, Eisler, Eysler; formerly "one who deals in iron"
• Einhorn "unicorn"

• Feldmann, Feldman "field man"

• Frank, "Frank(ish)" (after German tribe and locality)
  • Frankenberg "Frankish hill", Frankenberger "one from a Frankish hill"
  • Frankental, Frankenthal "valley of Franks", Frankenthaler

• Fuchs, Fux "fox"

• Gross "big, large"

• Haas
• Herzog "duke"
• Holz, Holtz "wood"
• Hugo
• Klein "small, little"

• Kraus "crinkly, frizzy", Krause, Krausse

• Lavenia, Laveniah, also a Jewish surname from Jews in Italy (Italkim Jewish)

• Neuman "new man"

• Rosen "roses"
  • Rosenblatt "rose leaf"
  • Rosencrantz, Rosenkranz "rose wreath" or "rosary"
  • Rosenfeld "rose field"
  • Rosenman, Rosenmann "rose man"
  • Rosenstock "rose bush/ tree, shrub rose"
  • Rosental, Rosenthal "rose valley"
  • Rosenzweig "rose twig"

• Schmidt, Smits (from Schmied "smith")
• Schmulewitz
• Schneider, Schneiderman, Schneidermann "taylor man"
• Siebert, Siebrits, Seibritz, Sievitz, Sievetz
• Stein "stone, rock"
  • Steiner "one associated with stone", such as a stone mason
  • Steinberg "stone hill"
  • Steintal, Steinthal "stone valley"
• Stieglitz, Stiglitz

• Wasser "water"
  • Wasserman, Wassermann, Waterman "water man"
  • Wasserstein "water stone"

• Wein "wine"
  • Weintraub (from Weintraube "grape")
  • Weinreb (from Weinrebe "grape vine")
  • Weinglas "wine glas"
  • Weinman, Weinmann "wine man"
  • Weingart, Weingarten "wine garden", Weingartner (from Weingärtner "wine gardener")
  • Weinberg "vineyard", Weinberger
  • Weinblatt "grape-leaf", Weinblat, Wainblat
  • Brandwein, Brandweiner (see above)
• Weiss, Weis, Weisz, Wise "white"
• Windmiller, Windmuhl/ Windmuehl/ Windmühl (from Windmühle "wind mill"), Windmuller/ Windmueller/ Windmüller "wind miller", Windt (from Wind "wind")

Eastern European old pedigree surnames

• Schlesinger, Shlonsky, Slezak, from Silesia
• Lasal, Lassel, Lassalle, from Wodzisław Śląski(Loslau), Silesia
• Lipschitz, Lipsitz, Lipshits, Lipschütz, from Leobschütz(Głubczyce), Silesia

Altnayshul/Staronova

from "Costume" portion at the Jewish Encyclopedia

The names of the most prominent Jewish families of Prague are: Eger, Bondi, Gans, Horwitz, Chajes, Tausk(cf.Taussig), Jaffe, Landau, Meisel, Epstein, Posner, Kuranda/Koranda, and Karpeles; Hock, Wolfy, Wessely (first Jewish professor in Austria), and M. I. Landau deserve particular mention. The population of Prague is 201,589, of whom about 19,000 are Jews. The present (1905) chief rabbi is Dr. N. Ehrenfeld. The Neusynagoge, the Meiselsynagoge, and the Tempelgemeinde have their own rabbis.

• Abel, Abeles, Alebev, Abelson
• Anscher, Antschel, Ančerl
• Auspitz, from Hustopece
• Austerlitz, from Slavkov/Brna
• Brandeis - from Brandýs nad Labem
  • Brandys

Kazimierz Brandys

Marian Brandys

• • Brandis
  • Brandes

Michael Brandes

Nunche Brandes

Georg Morris Cohen Brandes

• Eibenschütz, Eibeschütz - from Ivančice
• Horowitz, Horovitz, Horvitz, Horwitz, Hurwitz, Hurewicz, Gurevich, Gurvich - from Hořovice
• Katz, from Prague
• Kisch, Kiš
• Meisel, from Prague
• Perutz - from Peruc
• Präger(Praeger), Prager, Preger, from Prague
• Trebitsch - from Třebíč
• Levit, from Levitovitch

• Eisenstadt

• Tucker

Eastern European other surnames

• Aaronovitch, Aronowitz, etc. son of Aaron.

• Abramson. Son of Abram. It may occur in the following variations: Abrahamson (-sen), Abramovich (-wich), Abramoff (-ov), Abramowitz (-vitz), Abramski (-sky), Abramowski (-sky), Abramek, Abramian, and Abrahamian.

• Asimov, uncommon Jewish surname from western Russia, briefly discussed in the autobiography of Issac Asimov

• Beck, common with Ukrainian Jews.

• Berg, Berger

Bergmann, Bergman

• Boyer: when German, can be a modification of "Bauer", farmer.

Lucienne Boyer

• Boyewsky: Jewish surname found in Yekaterinoslav, Russia; later modified to "BOESKY", of the Boesky family who arrived in Detroit, Michigan.

• Balshemnik, Balshemennik, Bolshemennikov: from Baal Shem: Wizard. A Jewish surname from Belarus.

• Burstein, Boorstyn, Burstyn, Birstein...

Originated from Bursztyn(Burshtyn) (shtetl in Galicia, now Ukraine) and Birstein (historical state in Germany, see also Isenburg-Birstein, Isenburg-Büdingen-Birstein)

• • Burshtin - one of Hasidic dynasties
  • Burstein

Dror Burstein, Hebrew author

John Burstein, see Captain Kangaroo

Michael A. Burstein

Shmuel Burstein

Stanley M. Burstein

Tal Burstein

David Burstein

• • Ellen Burstyn
  • Alex Borstein
  • Yossl Birstein
  • Alan Berstein (cf. Beer (beautiful, or bear))
  • Boorstyn, US historian

• Chernick, Chornya

• Dorfman, Dorfmann

• Fijman

• Galker

• Gryngras, Gringras

• Gordon: Possibly derived from Grodno; habitational name.
  • Eliezer Gordon
  • A. D. Gordon

• Huber: the German name is derived from Huober, a farmer holding a fief. It has also been explained as an abbreviation of Hubert or as a derivation of Heber, the Hebrew Patriarch. It may occur in the following variations: Hiver, Hivar, Hubbar, Hupper, Huper, Hobar, Hibber, Kuber, Kubri, Kivri, Heber, Eber, Hever, Ever.

• Chodorov, from Ukrainian placenames. (Khodoriv, near Stryi, Burshtyn and Rohatyn, Lviv oblast, Galicia / Khodoriv, a small village near Rzhyschiv, Kyiv oblast)

Nancy Chodorow

Alejandro Jodorowsky

• • Khodorkov- (from Khodorkiv near Andrushivka and Popilna, Zhytomyr oblast, Volhynia / Khodorkivtsi near Bibrka, Lviv oblast, Galicia)

Khodorkovsky

• Kagan, Kogan: May be traced to the ruling class of the Khazarian Jews who assimilated with other Jewish population in Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania and Russia. or more likely a variation of Cohen

• Kaplan, Kaplun: Also may be traced to the Turkic Khazar origin and the Turkish word "Kablan" - lion. Since "p" and "b" are synonymous in the Arabic script Kablan could be read as Kaplan. Probably form the Polish word for Priest 'Kaplan' meaning A Kohen or a Rabbi, or simply one who makes Hats

• Kalisch, Kalischer: Often a family with this name originated in Kalisz, but then settled somewhere else, where 'Kalischer' was used to describe them.

Isidor Kalisch

Zevi Hirsch Kalischer

• Katzman – Abbreviation of Cohen ( high priest in Hebrew Temple on Temple Mount) and Tzadik ( teacher, scholar) Hebrew. Man was added later and has German origin. This last name is popular among Jews originated from South-East Belarus (town Mozyr).
  • Katzke

• Kitzes, :Descendents of Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf Kitzes, Kitzis Kitsis, Kitces, Keces, Keses, Ketzis, Note that Ketsis and Kotses are predominantly Greek and not Jewish.

• [Kelitat]

• Kolikov: son of Kolek. Russian surname.

• Klempel

• Kutner, Kuttner(Cutner), from Kutno

• Krasner, Krosner

• Lasker, Laski

• Lewandowski

• Meier, Meyer, Maier, Mayer, Meir, Meyr, Mair, Mayr, Myer
  • Myers, Myerson, Meyerson
• Milavetz, Jewish surname from Lithuania
• Milstein, Miľštejn
  • César Milstein
  • Nathan Milstein
  • Lewis Milestone (born Lev Milstein)
  • Robert Merrill (< Mirrel Miller < born Moishe Miller < Millstein)
• Minkowski
• Micula
  • Noll
  • Nollmeyer
• Moszkowski, Moshkovsky
• [Otto]
• Pienionzek, Pieniązek: means penny, small coin, in Polish. However, the name probably originated in the village named Rydzewo Pieniązek, Poland.
• Pinsker, Pinski

• Plotkin, Plotke: from Plotki. Jewish surname from Belarus.

• Podolski, Podolsky, from Podolia
• Pust
• Rabinowitz, Rabbinowitz, Rabinovitch, Rabinowich: Son of a rabbi. Jewish surname. (This surname has the owitz ending, meaning "son of"). Poland, Russian Empire, other Eastern European countries.

• Shklover, Shklovsky, from Shklov, Belarus

• Shlonsky, from Slask, Poland

• Slonim, Slonimsky, from Slonim

• Slutsky(Slucki), from Slutsk

• Smolensky, from Smolensk

• Soloveichik

• Spector, Spektor: From the Russian Spectorski, meaning inspector. Jews who registered as inspectors with the Russian or Ukraine governments received a favored status with respect to travel, although those who collected taxes were also generally resented in the shtetls (Jewish ghettos).

• Tik(o)tiner, from Tykocin

  Felix Tikotin

  Wolf ben Leib Tikotiner

  Judah Loeb ben Simchah Tiktiner

  J. Tiktiner blouse

  Rebeka Tiktiner(Rebecca Tiktiner, [1])

  Gedalja Tiktin

• Trachtenberg, Ukrainian surname

• Trakiner, from the village of Trakine, Lithuania (misspelled Trokiner in France)

• Twersky

• Trupin, Truppin, Troupin, a Levite family from the Daugavpils (Dvinsk) region of Latvia. Surname is a toponym based on Trupy, a shtetl in either Latvia or Lithuania.

• Unger, Ungar

• Usyshkin
• Utting, Ashkenazi Jewish surname from Germany.
• Woititz, Ashkenazi Jewish surname from Poland, Hungary and Germany.

• Wiznitzer, Witznitzer, from Vyzhnytsia(Wiznitz), Bukovina, or Wiśnice(Wischnitz), Upper Silesia

• Zolanvari

Sephardic surnames

See also Sephardic Names

• Abecassis
• Abravanel
• Abendana (or IbnDana)
• Abrevaya
• Abulafia
• Albala
• Albuquerque
• Aleman, Alleman -see Mateo Aleman
• Alvarez
• Acevedo, Azevedo, Acebedo
• Asayol
• Asueli
• Avelar
• Azoulay
• Beja
• Barraza, from Aramaic Bar-raza means Son of Mystery.
• Barron
• Barros
• Barroso, from Aramaic Bar-rosh means Son of Head.
• Barrow
• Bendayan
• Benhamou
• Benmamán
• Bension
• Bensousan
• Benveniste, Benvenista, Benvenisti
• Brito
• Buendía
• Bueno
• Cabani
• Canetti
• Carciente
• Chacon
• Chocrón
• Cordova, de Cordova
• Costa, da Costa
• Cotto
• Coutinho
• Crescas
• Duarte
• Eanes
• Fonseca
• Galante
• Galo= unrelated to Gallo.
• Gaster, from Castro
• Gilstrap, Giltrap
• Guerreiro
• Hassa
• Kassorla
• Leão
• León
• Lindo
• Lombroso
• Lopes= Not Jewish in origin, from the Latin word for wolf (lopus). Some converted Sephardic Jews did adopt this name.
• Lopez= Not Jewish in origin, from the Latin word for wolf (lopus). Some converted Sephardic Jews did adopt this name.
• Luna
• Luria (Lurye, Luryi)
• Martin/Martinez
• Martines
• Masarano
• Matarasso or Matarazzo
• Medina
• Meneses, from Manasseh
• Menezes, from Manasseh
• Montes de Oca= Spain between Burgos and La Rioja, North of Spain on the Arlanzon River in Old Castile
• Montoya= Spain
• Najara (Najar, Nijar, Nagar, Nagara, Nagari), from Najera, Navarra ([2])
• Navarro
• Nunes= Not Jewish in origin, a patronymic meaning "Son of Nuno". Some converted Sephardic Jews did adopt this name.
• Oliva-Cávia
• Oliveira
• Paiba
• Paiva
• Pereira
• Perera
• Perels
• Perez
• Pinto
• Rosell
• Rozanes
• Ruah
• Saadia, (Saadya, Saavedra), from Saad (Salomon) and in the case of Saavedra from Pontevedra, Galicia
• Sadikario
• Salazar
• Saporta. Saporte. Sasportas
• Sciaky, Shaki
• Sedaka
• Simha
• Soeiro. Soero. Suero
• Sultán
• Suárez=From Asturias and Spain Also means "Son of Suah" equivalent to "Ben Suah" Genesis 25:2
• Taurel
• Uzan
• Varon
• Verdugo/Berdugo
• Vidal
• Zacuto
• Zuzarte
• Zaldivar

Mizrahi surnames

• Khardun, Hardoon
• Sasson, Sassoon
• Hysh
• Soliman
• Sharabani
• Maimon
• Mograbi
• Agmy,Ajamy
• Sheriki
• Shirazy
• Fahima
• Hagababa
• Banay
• Kashny
• Hrusch or Hrush
• Hruschov or Russov
• Biton
• Habibi
• Gozlan
• Haziz
• Ben-abu
• Atiya
• Bengio
• Barany
• Abotbol
• Aborjil
• Zangi
• Shamy
• Maklof
• Alpron
• Jamil
• Anijar
• Abocassis
• Sabag

Italkim surnames

• Acciaiouli, Acciaiouli, Acioli
• Azzopardi
• Albanesi
• Basilea, Basila, Bassola, Basola, Basla
• Bassani, Basseni, Bassano, Bassan
• Bruxelles also Bruselles
• Calvo
• Castelnuovo
• Calon
• Carloni
• Cantoni
• Colon
• Galante
• Levi
• Luzzatto, Luzzatti
• Montefiore
• Morpurgo, Austro-Italian family, originally from Marburg, Styria [3]
• Negroponte immigrated from Euboea (Negropont)
• Paris
• Paradiso
• Pincherle
• Russo formerly Hruschov and Russov
• Sacerdoti or Sacerdote
• Santi, Descendants of Portuguese Jewish from Lisboa, Portugal.

http://www.sefardies.org

• Sforno
• Tedesco

Italian municipality-derived surnames (from villages or cities)

A

Alatri - Ancona - Anticoli - Ariccia - Ascoli - Asti -

B

Baresi - Bari - Bassano - Bologna - Bolognese - Borghi (Borgo Trentino) - Bozecchi, Buzecchi, Buzecco, Buzzecchi, Bussecchi, Busecchi (Bussecchio, near Forlì) -

C

Cagli - Caivano - Camerino - Campagnano - Capua - Carpi - Castelbolognesi - Castelfranco - Castelnuovo - Castiglioni - Catania - Cave - Cavalieri (Piemonte) - Cesana - Cividale - Cingoli - Civita - Colorni - Conigliani - Cori - Corinaldi - Corini -

F

Fano - Ferrarese - Firenze - Fiorentino - Foligno - Forlì - Frascati -

G J L

Gattinara - Genazzano - Genova - Genovese - Genovesi - Guastalla - Jesi - Lecce - Licata - Livoli - Limentani -

M

lestrision

Macerata - Manzano - Marcaria - Marino - Marradi - Massa - Massarani - Melli - Mentana - Messina - Mestre - Milanese - Milano - Minerbi - Mirandola - Modena - Modica - Momigliano - Mondolfo - Mondovì - Monselice - Montagnana - Montalcino - Montecorboli - Mortara - Muggia -

N

Napolitano - Nepi - Nola - Norlenghi - Norsa (Norcia) -

O

Ortona - Orvieto - Osimo -

P

Padova - Padovano - Palermo - Pavia - Pavoncello - Perugia - Pesaro - Pescara - Pescarolo - Piazza (Sicilia) - Piperno - Pisa - Pisani - Pisano - Parenzo - Pitigliano - Poggibonsi - Pontecorboli - Pontecorvo, from Pontecorvo - Pontremoli - Prato - Pirano - Price - part of the English jews

R

Ravenna - Rignano - Recanati - Reggio - Revere (sul Po) - Rieti - Rimini - Roma - Romani - Romano - Rovighi -

S

Saravalle (Veneto) - Scandiani - Schiani - Schiano - Schio - Senigaglia - Sereni - Sermoneta - Servi - Sforno - Siracusa - Soave (Veneto) - Sonnino - Sorani Sortino- Sulmona - Supino -

T

Tagliacozzo - Teglio - Terni - Terracina - Tivoli - Torinese - Torinesi - Torino - Trieste - Trapani -

U V Z

Udine - Urbino - Venezia - Veneziano - Vercelli - Veruli - Verona - Vigevano - Viterbo - Voghera - Volterra - Zara -

French surnames

• Astruc (from "star"; pararelled with Sephardic "Astruga" cf. kokhabh (Bar-Kochba'), Stern)
• Benoit
• Carcassonne
• Caspi
• Clouatre
• Crémieux
• De Metz^[4] (from "Metz, France"; Metz, Metsch, Mets, Metc, Mecz)
• Halphen (cf.Chalfan-Halévy)
• Lafitte
• Lunel
• Milhaud
• Montel
• Monteux
• Naquet
• Petit
• Vidal

Yemenite (Temani) surnames

• Aroussi
• Damari
• Kahalani
• Kapach
• Leiwy
• Orkabi
• Sharabi
• Shabzi
• Sabari (Tzubari, Tzoubari, Zubari, Subari, Tzabari)
• Hadni
• Ladani
• Tabib
• Taeizi
• Jamil
• Tzadak
• Yishai
• Yekutiel

Karaim, Krymchak

• Atar
• Bakshi
• Bashyazi
• Chapicho
• Chubor
• Kolpakchi
• Kose

New surnames & others

• Barton From Old English
• Baron
  • Baronstein
  • Barron
    • Baran
• Fartfooker From german 'go forward'
  • Amber

• Buber, from bóbr, Ukrainian bober (beaver)
  • Biberman

Herbert Biberman

• Diamond, Dimant, Diamant, Diment
• Dorn, Dorner
• Dartar, Doertar, Tartar

• Ehre-
• Erlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlichman

• Eichenbaum
  • Eichenwald
  • Eichel, Eichelbaum

• Fould, from Fulda?

Ludwig Fulda

• Gold
  • Golden
  • Goldberg
    • Goldberger
  • Goldenberg
  • Goldenthal
  • Goldenweiser, Goldenveizer
  • Goldfarb, Alexander Goldfarb
    • Alexander Goldenweiser (disambiguation page)
  • Goldmann, Goldman
  • Goldstein
  • Goldenweiser
  • Golding

Louis Golding

• • Goldmark
  • Goldschmidt
    • Goudsmidt
  • Goldstücker

• Gould, from Gulda?

• Hecht, Gecht
• Heller, Geller
• Henya, Hen-Ya
• Holland, Holländer

• Kaufmann, Kauffmann, Kaufman, Kauffman, Kofman, Koyfman

• Körber, Korbar, Korber, Korba

• Crystal, Kristol, Kristall

• Lachmann, Lachman, Linderman

• Maccabee
• Mandel, Mandelbaum, Mandelbrod
  • Almond
• Moneystein

• Nussbaum

• Price- From Old English

• Rappaport
• Rastall
• Rein, Reines
• Reiss
• Roseingrave

Rosett, Roseth, Rozet, Rozett

• Rubin, Ruben, Rubinstein, Rudner

• Sachs, Sax
• Safran, Shafran, Shifrin, Schifrin, Schiffrin

Edmond Safra

• Vaiman, Vyman
• Wachsmann, Waxman, Waksman, Vaksman
  • Waxman

Al Waxman

Franz Waxman(Franz Wachsmann)

Henry Waxman

• • Philipp Wachsmann, violinist. see List of free improvising musicians and groups
  • Iggy Wachsman, see List of Israeli musical artists
  • Selman Waksman

• Wechsler, Wexler, Veksler
  • Viktor Vekselberg
• Wiener
• Wen-
  • Wenitzuits
• Wyman
• Zucker
  • Zuckerman, Zuckermann, Zukerman, Cukierman
  • Sugarman
  • Zuckerkandls
  • Cukor, Cukr

George Cukor

• • Sugar

Alan Sugar

• • Zukertort

• Zweig

• Shenkin, Sheynkin
• Shenkar, Schenker

Justin Shenkarow

Heinrich Schenker

• Scher, Scherbaum, Scherman, Sherman, Schirman
• Schirwindt
• Schiff, Schiffman
• Schick

• Holitscher, Hollitscher (Arthur, Philip, Wolf, Walter), from Hollitsch/Holitsch = Holíč
• Herxheimer, from Herxheim
• Creizenach

Others

(not classified)

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• Jahoda
• Feuer-: Feuermann/Feuerman, Feuerstein
• Handelmann, Hendel (also given name)
• Handwerk, Handwerker
• Hanf/Hanff
• Gurlitt, Gorlitt, Gurlt
• Fabrikant
• Diment, Diament, Dymant, Dimont
• Rivlin (Israeli family)
• Damrosch
• Hofstadter
• Kanitz
• Kelitat
• Grünberg, Greenberg, Greenberger
• Grätz/Graetz, Grätzer/Graetzer, Gretzer
• Heshel/Heschel (cf.A.J.), Heschl (cf.Richard L.; famous for Heschl's gyrus), Hessel, Hesselman/Hesselmann (cf.Jonas), Hesselbach (cf.Franz K.)
• Hessen (cf.Sergius)
• Gutfreund (cf.John, Otto)
• Bacharach, Bachrach
• Wimpfen, Wimpfheimer
• Wirth, Wirtschafter
• Wint-, Wind-: Winternitz, Witerberger, Wintheimer, Winter, Winterman/Wintermann, Winterschweig, Winterstein
• Wetzlar von Plankenstein (Freiherr)
• Bleiberg, Bleibtreu
• Gingold

• Wohlmann
• Wohlheim
• Kaskel (Alfred Kaskel, Bruce Kaskel, Cesar Kaskel, Walter Kaskel, Karl von Kaskel, Werner Caskel)
• Haase (cf.Ernst, Hugo)
• Vollmer/Volmer
• Vollweiler/Volweiler
• Uhlmann, Uhlman
• Neisser
• Kohlberg, Kohler, Kohlmann/Kohlman
• Brunswick, Brunschwig, Brunswig, Braunschweiger
• Fassbinder, Fassmann
• Bienstock, Binstock, Bienenstock, Bienenfeld (cf.Johann Adam Bienenfeld, Austrian Jewish merchant)
• Leuw, Leeuw
• Leidensdorfer, Leidesdorf, Leidesdorff
• Leifmann, Liefmann
• Lehrfeld
• Leder, Lederer, Lederberg, Ledermann (leather)
• Lederfain, Lederfajn
• Leiter, Leitner (cf.Friedrich, Gottlieb William)
• Leiter, Leitermann (leit- is dorrespond ot lead-)
• Lazar/Lasar/Lassar, Lazare/Lazarus, Leser/Lesser, Leeser, Lessmann/Lessman
• Lavenia/Laveniah
• Abba
• Joel, Joelson
• Edel
• Büdinger
• Burger, Bürger/Buerger (Burgel is Sephardic family)
• Biederman, Biedermann
• Brod, Brody, Bródy (bread, or Slavonic place names (-)brod(-) = furth)
• Kunstädter, Kunwald
• Buchsbaum, Buksbaum, Buxbaum, Boxbaum, Boxenbaum.. etc.
• Derenburg (pedigree)
• Hefter, Heffter
• Farb, Farber, Ferber
• Lauterbach
• Lautenberg, Lautenberger, Laudenbacher
• Laube, Lauber, Laupheimer, Laubheim, Leipheimer
• Pulver, Pulvermacher
• Reich
• Steinitz
• Ettlinger, Ottolenghi, Ottolengo
• Finer
• Schön, Schoen
• Spiegel
• Spiegelmann
• Spitz, Spitzer
• Schönberg
• Ury, Urey, from uri, ori
• Noether/Nöther
• Lachmann
• Gothein, Goithein, Gotainer
• Kirstein, Kerstein, Karstein
• Öttinger, Oettinger, Ötinger, Oetinger, from Öttingen, Bavaria
  • Ettinger, Etinger, Eitinger, Eytinger, Ejtinger
• Ettinghausen, Ettinghauser, Ettingshausen, Ettingshauser (cf.M.Sachs)
• Helfand, Elfenbein
• Apter, from Opatow
• Willstädter, from Willstett
• Appelbaum, Epelbaum, Epelboim, Apple
• Grünschlag
• Grünbaum
• Wein (onomastics)
• Gittel, Gitelman, Gittleman
• Hellerman
• Greenblatt
• Koch (Edward Koch)
• Gruenwald
• Nevelson
• Markowitz
• Edelstein, Adelstein, Adlestein
• Koffler, Kuffler, Kofler
• Okun
• Spiegelman
• Breisach, Breisacher
• Sekel, Seckel, from Yitzchaq
• Zemach, Tsemakh (צֶמַח)
• Teitelboim
• Lindenbaum
• Reichmann, Reichman, Rajchman, Richman
• Oppert
• Bischoffsheim
• Bing
• Blau
• Blaustein (cf.Bluestein)
• Weinstein
• Lissauer
• Lisser, Lissack, from Lissa (Leszno)
• Widal
• Stekel (Wilhelm Stekel , Erich Paul Stekel, Moisés Stekel)
• Krakauer, Krakowski
• Sternberg
• Sternberger
• Schulhof, Schulhoff, Schulhofer
• Lövy
• Löw
• Löwe
• Löwenstein
• Löwenthal
• Löwenstein
• Löwenstamm
• Löwengard
• Löwenfeld
• Löwi
• Löwy
• Löwisohn/Löwysohn (Loewisohn), Lewisohn/Lewysohn, Loewison, Lewison, Levison
• Löwinsohn (Loewinsohn), Lewinsohn, Lewinson, Levinson, Levenson, Lewenson
• Zipser
• Lehrmann, Lehrman, Lerman
• Fein (>Fain, Fine)
  • Feinberg, Fineberg
  • Feinblatt, Feinblat
  • Feingold
  • Feinmann, Fineman
  • Feinstein
• Edelmann, Edelman, Eydelman, Adelman/Adelmann, Adleman,
• Greenhouse, Grinhaus, Grinhoyz
• Hamburg, Hamburger
• Wiener
• Balaban, Balabanov
• Wileński/Wilensky, Polonised form of Wilner: R. H. Wilenski, Kurier Wileński (Courier of Wilno), Robert, Uri, Danny
• Herszkowicz
• Mandelstamm, Mandel'shtam
• Weizmann
• Klemperer
• Kronecker
• Berlin, Berliner, Berlinerblau
• Kalonymus family
• Philippson family
• Silberman, Silbermann, Silverman
• Silberstein, Silverstein
• Romberg
• Romm
• Rose
• Rosen
• Rosenau
• Rudnick
• Landauer
• Kreutzer, Kreuzer
• Wattenmaker, Watenmaker, Watenmacher > Wanamaker
• Sutro
• Klemperer
• Hauser
• Strassburg, Strasburg, Strassberg, Strasberg, Strassburger, Strasburger, Strassberger, Strasberger
• Wallich, German family which probably derived its name from the Hebrew transcription of "Falk"
• Itzig
• Scherschewski, Scherschewsky, Szerszewski
• Mahler
• Mannheim, Mannheimer
• Munk
• Eichberg
• Bavli Hebrew for Babylon
• Breslau
• Brodsky
• Litvak, Litvakov, Litvin(Litvinov, Litvinsky), Letvin, Letwin,Litauer, Littauer, Luttwack
• Zeitlin
• Oppert
• Warszawski, Varshavsky, from Warszwa
  • Adrienne Warshawski, Warshawski sail, Seth Warshavsky, Dawid Warszawski
• Kohut
• Feinberg
• Lessmann (cf.Leśmian)
• Magnus
• Gottesmann, Gottesman
• Dessau, Dessauer (cf.Paul, Friedrich, Josef, Max)
• Twersky/i, Tversky, from Chernobiler dynasty
• Weinstock (cf.Todd, Bob, Arnold(Lord))
• Ballin, Balin
• Bendemann
• Wanamaker (Watenmacher)
• Lustig, Lusztig
• Kazhdan, Kasdan
• Polgár
• Gottschalk
• Silkin
• Tiegermann, Tiegerman

• Penn (cf.Irving)

• Markson
• Mai-, from Meir
  • Maybaum, Maibaum (cf.Ignaz Maybaum)
  • Maisky
• Vilenkin, Vilensky
• Minc, Mintz, Mints
• Pringsheim
• Feltsman
• Wolpe, Volpe, Wolpert
• Perl, Perle, Pearl, Perel
  • Perelman, Perlman(Perlmann), Pearlman, Perleman, Perlmuter, Perlmutter, Perlstein
• Kraft, Krafft, Craft
• Erlanger
• Reinach
• Grunwald, Gruenwald, Greenwald
• Moss
• Moskowitz, Moskovitz
• Vinograd, Winograd cf.Weingarten
• Bell
• Glas
• Glass
• Glaser, Glazer

• Berg
• Berger
• Berk, Berkoff
• Berle, Berl
• Blumenthal
• Bourg
• Spanier, Spanjer
• Dubinsky
• Steinmann, Steinman
• Stein
• Sherman
• Sonnenschein
• Sandler
• Clouarte, Glouarte, Goulart, Kliorit, Claret
• Dreifuß, Dreifuss, Dreyfuss, Dreifus, Dreyfus, Dryfoos, Treves, from Treverorum (Trier)
• Frank
• Bernheim
• Lewin
• Lewisohn
• Rifkin, (Riffkin, Rivkin, Ryvkin, Rifkind)
• Lewis
• Levert, Levertov
• Flürscheim, Florsheim, from Florsheim, Rhineland
• Funk
• Kantorovich, Kantorowicz
• Fink
• Himmelfarb
• Arnstein, Ornstein, Horenstein, Gorenshteyn, from Aharon
• Rothman, Rothmann
• Rothenstein, Rothstein, Rottenstein
• Kohler
• Wahl
• Feigenbaum
• Fried
• Salomon, Solomon
• Cronenberg
• Kessel, Kessil, Kesselman
• Elkan, Elkann, Elcan < Elchanan, Elhanan
• Roth
• Schneidermann, Schneiderman
• Soyer
• Remak
• Reisen
• Stiller
• Kornfeld, Cornfeld (cornfield)
• Ashkenazi
• Zimbalist
• Lazarus
• Danzig, Dantzig, Danziger
• Fuks
• Furman, Furmanov
• Himmelfarb, Gimmelfarb
• Man, Mann, Manevich

• Politzer, Pulitzer
• Kalish, from Kalisz or Kalush
• Halberstam
• Kahane, Kahaneman, Kahnemann
• Halévy
• Weinreich
• Harkatz
• Harkavy, Harkavi

• Caro

Swanson

• Clouatre
• Kann
• Taubes
• Bronstein
• Lilienthal
• Auerbach, Averbakh
• Ausubel
• Shinwell, from Samuel
• Gomberg
• Wahl
• Sirota
• Steven, Stevens
• Fisch(Fish)-
  • Fischer, Fisher
  • Fischmann, Fischman, Fishman
  • Fischel, Fischl, Fishel, Fishl
  • Fischbein, Fishbein

• Berkowitz (Berkowicz, Berkowits), Berkovitz (Berkovicz, Berkovits), Berkovich
• Freud
• Freund
• Finkel
• Finkelstein
• Alter
• Raskin
• Salant, Salanter, from Lithuanian placename
• Pevzner(Pewzner, Pevsner), from Pevzno, Lithuania
• Brainin
• Avigdor

• Bein
• Bronfman, Bronfenbrenner
• Bettelheim

• Ellstein
  • Abraham "Abe" Ellstein*
  • Rick Elstein
  • Jean Bethke Ellshtain, J. B. Ellshtain

• Elyovitch

• Friedland

Martin Friedland

Noah Friedland

Robert Friedland

• • Friedlander, Friedländer

Lee Friedlander, US photographer

Leo Friedlander, US sculptor

• Grade
• Lichtenstein
• Lieberman, Liebermann
• Nadelman
• Gomperz
• Sohn
  • Sonja Sohn
  • Alfred Sohn-Rethel
  • Louis Sohn (Louis B. Sohn)

• Glück, Glueck

Louise Glück

Jeffrey Glueck

• • Gluck

Alma Gluck

Christoph Willibald Gluck (Christian Bohemian)

Rita Buglass Gluck

• • Glik(Glick), Glikl - Yiddish

Deborah Glick

George Washington Glick

Jeremy Glick

Jeremy Glick (author)

Jeremy Glick (September 11 attack victim)

John Glick, see Tri-Cornered Tent Show

Srul Irving Glick, Canadian composer

Glückel of Hameln

• Starker
• Asch, Ash, Asz (<אַ״שׁ (Eisenstadt), or Ashkenazi)
• Kushner, Kushman, (Cushman)
• Eisler, Eysler
• Eisner, Eysner
• Lämel (Lämpel, Lempel), Laemmle
• Zeisler (Zeissler), Zeisl, Zeisel
• Weidman
• Weinberg
  • Weinberger, Weinbergeris

• Neumark, Naimark
• Bronstein (<Braunstein)
• Feldstein
• Botstein

• Venezia, Veneziano, Venetianer
• Lombroso
• Finzi, Fintzi
• Kaneti, Canetti
• Jud, Judt
• Fürst
• Mroczkowski, Mroczkowsky (Galitzianer)
• Hyneman
• Schwarzfeld, Romanian family which became prominent in the 19th century [5]
• Pfeffer, Pfeffermann, Pfefferberg
• Wassertrilling, Trilling, Trillinger, Tringler, from Wassertrüdingen, Western Bavaria (cf.[6])

• Bass, Baskind, Basskind, Bassman, Bassmann
  • Basch, Baschmann
  • Bashkes, Baskas, Baskes, Baskies (< bath (daughter)?)
  • Baschwitz, Basewitz, Bassewitz
  • Basevi/Bassevi/Bassewi

• Braude, Braudes, Braudo, Broide, Broides, Broido
• Broch, Broches
• Brutskus, Brutzkus, Bruckus (cf.Boris D., David-Anatol, Judah Loeb ben David ([7]))
• Amsel, Amshel, Amschel
• Michelstadt, Michelstaedter
• Priesand, Prizant
• Pinner, from Pinne/Pniewy
• Pine, Pineles, from Peine (Hanover)
• Plessner
• Weltsch (cf. Amos, Felix, Robert, Robin, Samuel ([8]); cf. Welch, Weltch, Welsh)
• Kaplan, Kaplin, Kaplowitch, Kaufman, Kaufmann, Kopinski, Koppel, Koppellmann, Koppelevitch, Leppok
• Marchant, Merchant, Scobeleff
• Szczepański
• Siebert, Siebrits, Seibritz, Sievitz, Sievetz
• Yarali
• Zaldivar
• Ziolkowski, Zielony

See also

• Onomastics in Judaism
• List of Jewish nobility
• Pedigrees (Jewish Encyclopedia)
• List of Slavic surnames
• Polish surnames
• Family name etymology, German family name etymology
• List of Germanic-speaking cultures surnames
• Genealogy

References

• "Sourcebook for Jewish Genealogies and Family Histories", by David Zubatsky and Irwin Berent
• The Origine of Jewish Family Names; Morphology and History, Nelly Weiss (Peter Lang)
• A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland, by Alexander Beider, Avotaynu Press, 1996, 608 pages. ISBN: 0-9626373-9-4.

External links

• Surnames in Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia
• Names (Personal) - JewishEncyclopedia
• GABIN List of Jewish Surnames, from a Polish Business Directory
• The Database of Family Names
• The Jews of Ethiopia and Their Names
• http://www.geocities.com/okouneff/
• Jewish Records Indexing - Poland
  • Surname List: Bytom
• Radix Index: Board for Hungarian Genealogy Research
  • Hungarian; with phonetical symbols
  • RadixForum
    • Hungarian; with phonetical symbols
    • English version; no Umlaut or other symbols
• Rabbinic Names and Families - RavSIG @ JewishGen