Nickel is a surname.
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:
Hoffmann is a German surname.
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.
Lutz is a surname and given name, occasionally a short form of Ludwig and Ludger. People with the name include:
Braun is a surname, originating from the German word for the color brown.
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.
Becker is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker. In northern Germany, it can also derive from the word Beck for Bach to denote origin.
Winter is a surname.
Grabowski is a Polish surname with forms in various languages. The Belarusian and Ukrainian variants are generally transcribed beginning with an 'h' but may also be written with a 'g'.
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:
Marchand is a frequent surname in France, in Quebec, and in Louisiana.. It is sometimes anglicized to "Merchant", "Marchant", or "Merchand", all with similar pronunciations to Marchand.
Stern is a surname which can be of either German/Yiddish or English language origin, though the former case predominates.
Ritter is a surname of German origin, and may refer to:
Körner, also rendered Koerner, or Korner is a German surname which may refer to
George is a surname of Irish, English, Welsh, South Indian Christian, Middle Eastern Christian, French, or Native American origin. The German form is Georg. Notable people with the surname include:
Weinberg is a German and Jewish-Ashkenazi surname which means vineyard in German. Spellings in other languages include Wainberg, Vainberg, Vaynberg, Вайнберг and Wajnberg.
Downey is an Irish surname that means in English “belonging to a fort”. The name is found from ancient times in areas of Ireland's modern County Galway, southwest Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Ulster and Leinster and is believed to be the surname of three distinct families. In Ulster, Downey were the chiefs of the Ulaid petty-kingdom of Cinel Amhalgaidh, now known in the Anglicised form as Clanawley in County Down.
Lumsden is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Schaller is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: