Adler (surname)

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Adler is a surname of German origin meaning eagle. [1] and has a frequency in the United Kingdom of less than 0.004%, and of 0.008% in the United States. [2] In Christian iconography, the eagle is the symbol of John the Evangelist, and as such a stylized eagle was commonly used as a house sign/totem in German speaking areas. From the tenement the term easily moved to its inhabitants, particularly to those having only one name. This phenomenon can be easily seen in German and Austrian censuses from the 16th and 17th centuries. [3]

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Notable Adlers

Actors, writers and producers

Engineers and scientists

Musicians

Conductors

  • Frederick Charles Adler (1889–1959), London-born conductor known as "F. Charles Adler"
  • Kurt Adler (1907–1977), Austrian-American conductor, Metropolitan Opera Chorus Master(1943–1973)
  • Kurt Herbert Adler (1905–1988), Vienna-born American conductor, San Francisco Opera general director (1953–1981)
  • Peter Herman Adler (1899–1990), Czech-born American conductor, director of NBC Opera Theatre (1950–1964)

Politicians

Rabbis and theologians

Athletes

Others

Fictional characters

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References

  1. Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 10. ISBN   978-0-19-508137-4 . Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. "Adler Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
  3. "Adler Surname Meaning and Distribution". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014