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This is a list of Jewish surnames. For more
information on naming in the Jewish tradition, please see
onomastics in Judaism.
Biblical
names
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
- 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.
- Gabriel = Gafril,
Gefril.
- Gedaliah = Guedallz.
- Gershon = Geronymus.
- Gideon = Gedide.
- Harim = Mountains, Harim Alon = Mountains of Oak
- 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, Lebel, Leblin,
Levay, 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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)
- 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)[1]; pearl)
- Milgrom, (pomegranate)
- Melamed, Malamud (מלמד, melammed)
- Maggid
- Nachmann (from Nachum)
- Narkis (narcissus)
- Nathan (disambiguation), Natan, Nathanson, Natanson: Andrew,
Matt, Jakub (chemist), Maurice, Wladyslaw, Amalia Nathansohn Freud,
et al.
- Osheroff, Oeyser (< עֹשֶׁר ‘ōšer; property, wealth)
- Rachmann, Rachman, Rackman (רחמן, rachămān-; merciful)
- Peter Rachman, Leib Rochman (1918-1978), Emanuel Rackman
Names from
Judaism
- Achselrod, Axelrod, Akselrod, from Issachar
- Hassar
- Helmann, Hellmann, Helman, Hellman, Elman, Gelman, Gellman <
from Hillel
- Kantor, Cantor, Spivak, from chazzan
- Lehrer, Lerer
- 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))
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- 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"
- Guttmann, Guttman, Gutmann, Gutman, Goodman (from Tob?)
- Issai Schur
- Howard Shore
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- Mark Schorer
- Marc R. Schorer
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Children studying at cheder, 16th
century
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- Bob Schul
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- Else Lasker-Schüler
- Hans Schuler
- Max Schuler (Maximilian Schuler)
- Ron Schuler, politician
- Schuler tuning
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-
- Eugène Schueller
- Gunther Schuller
- Robert H. Schuller
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-
- Shuler Hensley
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- Budd Schulberg
stoneburner
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-
- Lipót Schulhof
- Ervín Schulhoff
- Sofer, Soyfer, from sopher
- Jura Soyfer
- Katz
- London
- Schatz, Schatzberg,
from shatz = šəlīach tzibbūr
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- Aaron Schatz, sportswriter and founder of Football
Outsiders
- Steve Schatzberg
- Jerry Schatzberg
Translated
(Germanised, Yiddishised) names
- Berman, Bermann, from ber(Bähr), bear
- Bruck=Brook from Hebrew
baruch
- 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
- Wolf, Wouk, Farkas, Zeev
- Raedar, Raeder, Rader
Old German
pedigrees
- Erich Auerbach
- Leopold Auer
- Madame Kaulla(nee Auerbacher)
- 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
- Heilbron, Halpern, Halperin, Galperin,
Alperowicz, Alferov, Alpert, Alpár - from Heilbronn
- Kronenberg, Cronenberg
- Katzenellenbogen, from Katzenelnbogen
- 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)
- Schwarzschild, from house shield
- 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
Old
Eastern pedigrees
- Schlesinger, Shlonsky, Slezak, from Silesia
- Lasal, Lassel, Lassalle, from Wodzisław Śląski(Loslau), Silesia
- Lipschitz, Lipsitz,
Lipshits, Lipschütz, from Leobschütz(Głubczyce), Silesia
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- 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
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-
- Kazimierz Brandys
- Marian Brandys
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-
- 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
- Meisel, from Prague
- Perutz - from Peruc
- Präger(Praeger), Prager, Preger, from Prague
- Trebitsch - from Třebíč
- Levit, from Levitovitch
From Yiddish
names
- Moscheles, Moischel, Moszkowski - from
Moyshe (Moses)
- Loeb, Loew / Leib, Leibowicz, Leibowitz (Eastern Yiddish) -
from Loewe (lion)
- Annie Leibovitz
- René Leibowitz
New
surnames & others
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- Jeremiah Birnbaum
- Nathan Birnbaum
- Blumberg, Blumenberg
- Steinthal
- Buber, from bóbr, Ukrainian bober (beaver)
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- Herbert Biberman
- Diamond (disambiguation), Dimant, Diamant, Diment
- Dartar, Doertar, Tartar
- Ehre-
- Erlich, Ehrlich, Ehrlichman
- Frankenberg, Frankenberger
- Frankenthal, Frankenthaler
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- Ludwig Fulda
- Gold
- Golden
- Goldberg
- Goldenberg
- Goldenthal
- Goldenweiser, Goldenveizer
- Goldfarb, Alexander Goldfarb
- Alexander Goldenweiser (disambiguation page)
- Goldmann, Goldman
- Goldstein
- Goldenweiser
- Golding
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- Louis Golding
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- Goldmark
- Goldschmidt
- Goldstücker
- Hecht, Gecht
- Heller, Geller
- Henya, Hen-Ya
- Holland (disambiguation), Holländer
- Kaufmann, Kauffmann,
Kaufman, Kauffman, Kofman, Koyfman
- Lachmann, Lachman, Linderman
- Rosen
- Rosenblatt
- Rosenfeld
- Rosenman, Rosenmann: David Rosenmann-Taub, Samuel Irving,
Leonard (film composer), etc.
- Rosenstock
- Rosenthal
- Rosenzweig
Rosett, Roseth, Rozet, Rozett
- Safran, Shafran, Shifrin, Schifrin, Schiffrin
- Edmond Safra
- Stein
- Steiner
- Steinberg (disambiguation)
- Wachsmann, Waxman, Waksman, Vaksman
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- Al Waxman
- Franz Waxman(Franz Wachsmann)
- Henry Waxman
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- Philipp Wachsmann, violinist. see List of free improvising
musicians and groups
- Iggy Wachsman, see List of Israeli musical artists
- Selman Waksman
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- Ed Wasser
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- Wasserman(n),
Waterman
- Wasserstein
- Wechsler, Wexler, Veksler
- Wein-
- Weintraub
- Weinreb
- Weinglas
- Weinmann, Weinman
- Weingart, Weingarten, Weingartner
- Weinberg,
Weinberger
- Brandwein, Brandweiner (sometimes americanized to Brandt)
- Zucker
- Zuckerman, Zuckermann, Zukerman, Cukierman
- Sugarman
- Zuckerkandls
- Cukor, Cukr
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- George Cukor
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- Alan Sugar
- 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
Germanised, or German
surnames
- Ackermann,
Ackerman
- Altman, Alterman
- Barr
- Brenner
- Breuer
- Eisner, Eysner, Eisler, Eysler
- Fuchs, Fux
- Gross
- Haas
- Herzog
- Holtz
- Hugo
- Klein
- Lavenia, Laveniah (Also a Jewish surname from Jews in Italy
(Italkim Jewish))
- Schmidt, Smits
- Schneider,
Schneiderman, Schneidermann
- Siebert
- Chayyat (Khayyat), Hayyat from חַיָּת chayyāt‘; "taylor"; not hayyoth)
- Weiss, Weis, Weisz, Wise
- Windmuehl/Windmühl/Windmuhl,
Windmueller/Windmüller/Windmuller/Windmiller, Windt
From Eastern
Europe
- 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, may have its origin in
the Khazarian ruling class, common with Ukrainian Jews.
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- Bergmann, Bergman
- Boyer: when German, can be a
modification of "Bauer", farmer.
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- 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)
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- 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
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- Ellen Burstyn
- Alex Borstein
- Yossl Birstein
- Alan Berstein (cf. Beer (beautiful, or bear))
- Boorstyn, US historian
- 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)
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- Nancy Chodorow
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
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- Khodorkov- (from Khodorkiv near Andrushivka and Popilna,
Zhytomyr oblast, Volhynia / Khodorkivtsi near Bibrka, Lviv
oblast, Galicia)
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-
- 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. Mistakenly thought of as
variation of Cohen
- Kaplan, Kaplun: Also can
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.
- 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).
- 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.
- Kolikov: son of Kolek. Russian surname.
- Kutner, Kuttner(Cutner), from Kutno
- Meier, Meyer, Maier, Mayer,
Meir, Meyr, Mair, Mayr, Myer (disambiguation)
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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.
- Woititz, Ashkenazi Jewish surname from Poland,
Hungary and Germany.
- Wiznitzer, Witznitzer, from Vyzhnytsia(Wiznitz), Bukovina, or
Wiśnice(Wischnitz), Upper Silesia
Sephardic
names
- See also Sephardic Names
- Abecassis
- Abravanel
- Abendana (or IbnDana)
- Abulafia
- Albala
- Albuquerque
- Aleman, Alleman -see Mateo
Aleman
- Alvarez
- Araujo, Araújo, Arauxo
- Acevedo, Azevedo, Acebedo
- Asayol
- Asueli
- Azoulay
- Beja
- Barraza, from Aramaic
Bar-raza means Son of Mystery.
- Barron
- Barros
- Barrow
- Bendayan
- Benmamán
- Bension
- Bensousan
- Benveniste, Benvenista, Benvenisti
- Brito
- Buendía
- Bueno
- Canetti
- Carciente
- Chacon
- Chocrón
- Cordova, de Cordova
- Costa,
da Costa
- Coutinho
- Crescas
- Fonseca
- Galante
- Gaster, from Castro
- Gilstrap, Giltrap
- Guerreiro
- Hassa
- Kassorla
- Leão
- León
- Lindo
- Lombroso
- Lopes
- Lopez
- Luna
- Luria (Lurye, Luryi)
- Masarano
- Matarasso or Matarazzo
- Medina
- Montes de Oca= Spain between
Burgos and La Rioja, North of Spain on the Arlanzon River in Old
Castile
- Najara (Najar, Nijar, Nagar, Nagara, Nagari), from Najera,
Navarra ([2])
- Navarro
- Nunes
- Oliva-Cávia
- Oliveira
- Paiba
- Paiva
- Pereira
- Perera
- Perels
- Perez
- Pinto
- 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
- Vidal
- Zacuto
- Zuzarte
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
Italian
surnames
Italkim
surnames
- Acciaiouli, Acciaiouli, Acioli
- Azzopardi
- Albanesi
- Basilea, Basila,
Bassola, Basola, Basla
- Bassani, Basseni, Bassano, Bassan
- Bruxelles also
Bruselles
- Calvo
- Castelnuovo
- 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
- Sforno
- Tedesco
Surnames
derived from Italian villages or cities
- A
Alatri - Ancona - Anticoli
- Ariccia - Ascoli - Asti - Baresi
- Bari - Bassano - Bologna - Bolognese - Borghi
(Borgo Trentino) -
- 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
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
- Halphen (cf.Chalfan-Halévy)
- Lafitte
- Lunel
- Milhaud
- Montel
- Monteux
- Naquet
- Petit
- Vidal
Yemenite (Temani)
surnames
- Aroussi
- Damari
- Kahalani
- Kapach
- Leiwy
- Orkabi
- Sharabi
- shabzi
- Hadni
- Ladani
- Tabib
- Taeizi
- Jamil
- Tzadak
- Yishai
- Yekutiel
Karaim,
Krymchak
- Atar
- Bakshi
- Bashyazi
- Chapicho
- Chubor
- Kolpakchi
- Kose
Others
(not classified)
- Template:list-dev
- 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 (disambiguation)
- 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 (disambiguation) (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 (disambiguation)
- 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 (disambiguation)
- 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
- 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
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
-
- Martin Friedland
- Noah Friedland
- Robert Friedland
-
-
- 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)
-
- Louise Glück
- Jeffrey Glueck
-
-
- 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
- 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 [4]
- Pfeffer, Pfeffermann, Pfefferberg
- Wassertrilling, Trilling, Trillinger, Tringler, from
Wassertrüdingen, Western Bavaria (cf.[5])
- 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 ([6]))
- Amsel, Amshel, Amschel
- Michelstadt, Michelstaedter
- Priesand, Prizant
- Pinner, from Pinne/Pniewy
- Pine, Pineles, from Peine (Hanover)
- Plessner
- Weltsch (cf. Amos, Felix, Robert, Robin, Samuel ([7]); cf. Welch, Weltch, Welsh)
- Kaplan, Kaplin,
Kaplowitch, Kaufman, Kaufmann, Kopinski, Koppel, Koppellmann,
Koppelevitch, Leppok
- Marchant, Merchant, Scobeleff
- Szczepański
- Siebert
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
- ^ What's In A Name? By Chuck
Jackson from GENERATIONS (PDF)
- "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.
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