Weber is a surname of German origin, derived from the noun meaning "weaver". In some cases, following migration to English-speaking countries, it has been anglicised to the English surname 'Webber' or even 'Weaver'.
Berger is a surname in both German and French, although there is no etymological connection between the names in the two languages. The French surname is an occupational name for a shepherd, from Old French bergier. The German surname derives from the word Berg, the word for "mountain" or "hill", and means "a resident on a mountain or hill", or someone from a toponym Berg, derived from the same. The pronunciation of the English name may sometimes be BUR-jər following the French phonetics French pronunciation:[bɛʁ.ʒe]. Notable people with this surname include:
Maier is a surname of German origin.
Sommer is a surname, from the German, Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian languages word for the season "summer".
Meyer is a German surname, often but not always used with the Nobiliary particle "von" (of). Notable people sharing this surname include:
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.
Lindner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Schmid is a German surname that is a cognate of "Smith", an occupational surname for a blacksmith. The spelling is more common in Switzerland than Schmidt or Schmitt. Notable people with the surname include:
Sauter is a surname of German origin. The name refers to:
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.
Pawlik is a surname. It is a diminutive of the Polish given name Paweł ("Paul"). Pawlik is related to the Czech surname Pavlík.
Baumann is a German surname, and may refer to:
Mair is a surname in the Scots and German languages, deriving from Latin maior ('greater'). Notable people with the surname include:
Mayer is a common German surname and less frequent as a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Scheid is a German surname. The surname Scheid was first found in the Rhineland of western Germany. It is dispersed across Germany and the former Prussian area. Immigrants to America have often changed the spelling to variations like Shade.
Reiter is a German surname. The surname is relatively frequent in Germany, and in most cases is locational, derived from places called Reit or Reith. A variant of the same name is Reuter. In some cases the name may also be occupational, derived from Reitherr, the office of treasurer in Upper German towns, or from makers of winnowing sieves (Reiter), or from the term Reiter "horseman, cavalryman, curassier".
Mayr-Harting is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Pfeiffer is a German-language occupational surname meaning "whistler" or "pipe-" or "fife-player" and etymologically akin to English Piper and Fifer; other spellings include Pfeifer. Notable people with the name include:
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