Bernstein is a common surname in the German language, meaning "amber". The name is used by both Germans and Jews, although it is most common among people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. The German pronunciation is, but in English, it is pronounced either as or.
Nathan is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Hebrew verb נָתָן meaning gave. The meaning of the name in Jewish culture could be rendered "he has given" "gift from God".
Adolf is a given name with German origins.
Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:
Berman is a surname that may be derived from the German and Yiddish phrase בער מאַן or from the Dutch Beerman, meaning the same. Notable people with the surname include:
Klein is the Dutch, German and Afrikaans word for "small", which came to be used as a surname, and thence passed into the names of places, concepts and discoveries associated with bearers of this surname.
Leib is a given name, and a surname usually of Jewish origin. Leib often stems from לייב (leib), the Yiddish word for "lion". The Standard German word for lion is Löwe; other – partly dialectal – German forms of the word are Löw, Loew, Löb, Leb and Leib. In Standard German, Leib means "body", but that is in general not the source for the Yiddish name. Leib may also be connected to the Hebrew word לב, meaning "heart".
Israel is a Hebrew-language masculine given name. According to the Book of Genesis, the name was bestowed upon Jacob after the incident in which he wrestled with the angel. The given name is already attested in Eblaite and Ugaritic. Commentators differ on the original literal interpretation. The text of the Book of Genesis etymologizes the name with the root śarah : שָׂרִיתָ עִם־אֱלֹהִים, but modern suggestions read the el as the subject, for a translation of "El rules/judges/struggles" or "El fights/struggles" The Jewish Study Bible of Oxford University Press says on page 68 "The scientific etymology of Israel is uncertain, a good guess being '[The God] El rules.'" implying God through the word for the supreme deity of the Canaanite religion.
Günzburg is a surname of Bavarian origin. Ginsberg, Ginsburg, Gensburg, Ginsburgh, Ginzberg, Ginzborg, and Ginzburg are variants of the surname.
Vera is a female given name of Slavic origin, and by folk etymology it has also been explained as Latin vera meaning "true". In Slavic languages, Vera means faith. The name Vera has been used in the English speaking world since the 19th century and was popular in the early 20th century.
Isaac transliterated from Yitzhak, Yitzchok was one of the three patriarchs in the Hebrew Bible, whose story is told in the book of Genesis.
Nahum is a biblical prophet.
Auerbach and Averbuch and Aberbach is a German surname, commonly Jewish, derived from a toponym meaning meadow-brook. Another variant is Aberbach. Sometimes it is modified to Auerbacher, meaning someone coming from a town or village called Auerbach. Notable people with this surname include the following:
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