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 [ˈbɛʁnʃtaɪn](listen), but in English it is pronounced either as or.
The surname Epstein is one of the oldest Ashkenazi Jewish family names. It is probably derived from the German town of Eppstein, in Hesse; the place-name was probably derived from Gaulish apa and German -stein.
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:
Weinberger is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Weißmann is a German surname meaning "white man". Common variants in spelling are Weismann, Weissman, Weisman, Waismann, and Vaisman.
Segal, and its variants including Segel, Sigal or Siegel, is a family name which is primarily Ashkenazi Jewish.
Frankel is the surname of:
Jonathan or Jon Klein may refer to:
Charles Klein was an English-born playwright and actor who emigrated to America in 1883. Among his works was the libretto of John Philip Sousa's operetta, El Capitan. Klein's talented siblings included the composer Manuel and the critic Herman Klein. He drowned during the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.
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. It is also a common Jewish surname in the United States, Europe and Brazil.
Goldstein (; German: [ˈɡoːltʃtaɪn] is a surname of Yiddish origin, that is widespread among Ashkenazi Jews. It translates to "gold stone" in English. Notable people with the surname include:
Gross or Groß in German is the correct spelling of the surname under German orthographic rules. In Switzerland, the name is spelled Gross. Some Germans and Austrians also use the spelling with "ss" instead of "ß".
Sivan is a month of the Hebrew calendar.
Philip Klein was a Hungarian-born rabbi who ministered in the Russian Empire and America.
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