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Kraus is a German surname meaning "curly". Notable people with the surname include:
Hoffmann is a German surname.
Zahn is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable persons with the surname include:
Schmidt is a common German occupational surname derived from the German word "Schmied" meaning "blacksmith" and/or "metalworker". This surname is the German equivalent of "Smith" in the English-speaking world.
Lehmann is a German surname.
Haller is a surname of English and German origin. It is the last name of:
Schulz is a common German and Jewish-Ashkenazi family name from Germany, particularly Northern Germany. The word Schulz originates from the local official title of Schultheiß or (Dorf-)Schulz(e), meaning village headman or constable/sheriff in the medieval sense.
Hartmann is a Germanic and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It is less frequently used as a male given name. The name originates from the Germanic word, "hart", which translates in English to "hardy", "hard", or "tough" and "Mann", a suffix meaning "man", "person", or "husband". The name Hartman, distinguished by ending with a single "n", is generally the result of the anglicisation of names that occurred with the emigration of persons from German-speaking to anglophone nations in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century. Below is a list of notable individuals and fictional characters with the surname or given name of Hartmann.
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.
Karsten or Carsten is a both a given name and a surname. It is believed to be either derived from a Low German form of Christian, or "man from karst". Notable persons with the name include:
Frey is a surname of German origin, from the Middle High German word "vri," meaning "free," and as a name, it referred to a free man, as opposed to a bondsman or serf in the feudal system. Other variations include Freyr, Freyer, Freyda, Freyman, Freyberg, Freystein, Fray, Frayr, Frayda, Frayberg, Frayman, Freeman.
Reinhardt is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian surname, and a spelling variant of Reinhard.
Meyer is an English, Dutch, German, and Jewish surname. With its numerous variants, it is a common German surname. Its original meaning in Middle High German is from mei(g)er, "manager ", derived from Latin maior domus, i.e. "headman of a household", later on also meaning "tenant" or "(free) farmer". It is therefore a rough equivalent of the English Steward, which has also been turned into surnames such as Stuart.
Events in the year 1887 in Germany.
Engel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brandt is a Germanic surname and given name.
Events from the year 1868 in Germany.
Events from the year 1832 in Germany.
Schröter or Schroeter is a German surname, a variant of Schröder. It may also be written without diacritics as Schroter. It is an occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor. Notable people with the surname include:
References
- ↑ Krause surname distribution
- ↑ Levine, Bruce; Kamphoefner, Walter D.; Helbich, Wolfgang; Sommer, Ulrike; Vogel, Susan Carter (September 1992). "News from the Land of Freedom: German Immigrants Write Home". The Journal of American History. 79 (2): 654. doi:10.2307/2080093. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 2080093.
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