The surname Thom is of Scottish origin, from the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus, and is a sept of the Clan MacThomas.
Adler is a surname of German origin meaning eagle. and has a frequency in the United Kingdom of less than 0.004%, and of 0.008% in the United States. 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.
Hoffman is a surname of German origin. The original meaning in medieval times was "steward", i.e. one who manages the property of another. In English and other European languages, including Yiddish and Dutch, the name can also be spelled Hoffmann, Hofmann, Hofman, Huffman, Hofmans.
Wasserman or Wassermann is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Zuckermann or Zuckerman is a Yiddish or German surname meaning "sugar man".
Schachter, Schächter or Schechter is a Yiddish and German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Rappaport is an Ashkenazi surname, with the individuals bearing it being descendants of the Rabbinic Kohenic Rappaport family. Variants of the name include Rapaport, Rapa Porto, Rappeport, Rappoport and Rapoport.
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
Frankel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Apfel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The German surname Hecht comes from house shields. In Yiddish der hekht means spear, arms. In modern German Der Hecht is the fish known in English as a pike.
Heller is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sacks is a German surname meaning "man from Saxony" and may refer to:
Roth is an English, German, or Jewish origin surname. There are seven theories:
- The spilling of blood from the warrior class of ancient Germanic soldiers;
- Ethnic name for an Anglo-Saxon, derived from rot, referencing red-haired people;
- Topographical name, derived from rod, meaning a dweller in such a location;
- Derivative from hroth ;
- Local name for 18th-century Ashkenazi refugees to Germany;
- Derivative from roe in the ancient Danish language to signify (of) a king;
- Of the red colour of clay, as in pottery (German).
Kessler or Keßler is a surname of German and Jewish (Ashkenazi) origins. It is an occupational name that means coppersmith, or more precisely, a kettle maker. In alpine countries the name derived from the definition: the one living in the basin of a valley.
Heinz is a German surname and cognate of Henry. Notable people with this surname name include:
Landau is a surname. A variation of Landau is Landauer. Notable people with the surname include:
Schiller is a surname of German origin.
Caro is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Marr is a habitational surname that originates from Marr in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and from Marr in West Yorkshire, England. Marr also derives from the German name Marro. Variant spellings include Mar and Marre. Notable people with this surname include:
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