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Banach is a Jewish surname of Ashkenazi origin believed to stem from the translation of the phrase "son of man", combining the Hebrew word ben and Arameic nasha ("man"). Worth mentioning is how the Sephardic surname Banache presents a variant with the -ache alternative ultima, common in other Jewish surnames such as Farache, Ayache, Nakache, Harache or Marrache.
Bialik was originally a Polish/Czech surname before it was adopted by the Ashkenazi Jewish population. The name probably originated from the Polish word Biały used a nickname for a blond or unusually pale person. People with this name include:
Schuster is a common family name in German. It is also common among Ashkenazi-Jews, sometimes spelled Shuster. Other spelling variants of the name include Šuster, Šustr, Šuštar, and Chouster.
The surname Kushner is an English-based transliteration of the Yiddish name קושנער, a variant of קושניר (Kushnir), an occupational name stemming from קירזשנער (kirzshner), a furrier. This is related to the German word Kürschner and the Ukrainian word кушнір (kushnir), with the same meaning.
Levitt is an English variant Anglo-Norman surname or an Ashkenazi Jewish surname, and can refer to:
Bronfenbrenner is an Ashkenazi surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Siegel, is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It can be traced to 11th century Bavaria and was used by people who made wax seals for or sealed official documents. Alternate spellings include Sigel, Sigl, Siegl, and others. "Siegel" is also the modern German word for seal. The name ultimately derives from the Latin sigillum, meaning "seal" as in the Seal of the City of New York: Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci. The Germanicized derivative of the name was given to professional seal makers and engravers. Some researchers have attributed the surname to Sigel, referring to Sól (Sun), the goddess of the sun in Germanic mythology, but that is highly speculative.
Margulies is a surname that, like its variants shown below, is derived from the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation of the Hebrew word מרגליות, meaning 'pearls,' and may refer to:
Ashkenazi is a surname of Jewish origin. It originated in the 13th century, when Ashkenazi Jews immigrated to Muslim-ruled Spain, settling in with the local Sephardic Jewish community. After the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, they resettled with the rest of the Sephardic community throughout North Africa, Italy and the Ottoman Empire. Thus, today the name is almost exclusively associated with Jews of Sephardic origin, despite what the name itself suggests, and is most common in Israel, where most Jews of Sephardic origin live.
Perlmutter is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It may refer to:
Weinberg is a German and Jewish-Ashkenazi surname which means vineyard in German. Spellings in other languages include Wainberg, Vainberg, Vaynberg, Вайнберг and Wajnberg.
Goldfeld is a Jewish East European surname, common among Ashkenazi Jews. Its meaning is 'gold field'.
Tishler is a German-language occupational surname. Tishler's are Italian. It means cabinetmaker or joiner in German and Yiddish and is found among both Germans and Ashkenazi Jews. A variant of Tischler, and Carpenter. Notable people with the surname include:
Schochet or Shochet is a surname, from the Hebrew word for "ritual slaughterer". Notable persons with that name include:
Severyn Ashkenazy is a Polish-born American hotelier.
Kinberg is a Swedish toponymic surname, with origins from Kinner estate in Sil Socken, Gotland, or Kinne Hundred in Västergötland. An Ashkenazi Jewish ornamental surname of unrelated origin also exists, from the German words for pine (kien) + mountain (berg). Notable persons with the surname Kinberg include:
Goga Ashkenazi is a Kazakh businesswoman and socialite. She is the founder and CEO of MunaiGaz Engineering Group, a Kazakh oil and gas conglomerate. Since 2012, she has been head of the fashion label Vionnet, based in Milan.
Pinkert is a German language occupational surname for a blacksmith which is also to be found among Ashkenazi Jews and may refer to:
The surname Beilin derives from the Ashkenazi Jewish ethnic group. It is related to the large amount of Ashkenazi Jewish surnames derived from the name "Bella".
Herberg is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname originating in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
References
- ↑ "The origin of the surname Ashkenazy". LawOffice. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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