Mendelsohn
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Yiddish מענדעלסאָן (mendelson), literally son of Mendel, Yiddish diminutive of Hebrew מְנַחֵם (m'nachém), a male given name meaning the consoler or the comforter, from ניחם (“to comfort, console, to be comforted, consoled”).
Proper noun[edit]
Mendelsohn (plural Mendelsohns)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Mendelsohn is the 14286th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2096 individuals. Mendelsohn is most common among White (96.61%) individuals.