Rappaport is an Ashkenazi surname, with the individuals bearing it being descendants of the Rabbinic Kohenic Rappaport family. Variants of the name include Rapaport, Rapa Porto, Rappeport, Rappoport and Rapoport.
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.
Helga is a female name, used mainly in Scandinavia, German-speaking countries and the Low Countries. The name was in use in England before the Norman Conquest, but appears to have died out afterwards. It was re-introduced to English-speaking nations in the 20th century from Germany, the Netherlands, and the Nordic countries. Scandinavian male equivalent is Helge, or Helgi. Eastern Slavic names Olga (Ольга) and Oleg (Олег) are derived from it.
Weiner is a surname or, in fact, the spelling of two different surnames originating in German and the closely related Yiddish language. In German, the name is pronounced, of which the rare English pronunciation is a close approximation. In Yiddish, the name is pronounced almost as in southern German.
Adler is a surname of German origin meaning eagle. and has a frequency in the United Kingdom of less than 0.004%, and of 0.008% in the United States. In Christian iconography, the eagle is the symbol of John the Evangelist, and as such a stylized eagle was commonly used as a house sign/totem in German speaking areas. From the tenement the term easily moved to its inhabitants, particularly to those having only one name. This phenomenon can be easily seen in German and Austrian censuses from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Spiro, Sapiro, Szapiro/Szpiro and Chapiro, is a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Feldman is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The Rappaport family is a prominent Kohanic rabbinic family, who are generally considered to possess the oldest and best recorded Kohanic pedigree. The modern origins of the family can be traced back to R. Meshulam Jekuthiel HaKohen Rappa who settled in Porto, Mantua, Italy after the Jews were expelled from his hometown of Mainz, Holy Roman Empire. From the 17th century and onward, the Rappaport family occupied some of the most prestigious rabbinic positions in Europe, specifically in Eastern Europe. The Rapoport-Bick rabbinic dynasty is a branch of the Rappaport family.
Segal, and its variants including Sagal, Segel, Sigal or Siegel, is a family name which is primarily Ashkenazi Jewish.
Danielle is a modern French female variant of the male name Daniel, meaning "God is my judge" in the Hebrew language.
Levine /Levin is a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname derived from the Hebrew name Levi. Levinsky is a variation with the same meaning.
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:
Goldberg is a surname of German or Yiddish origin, meaning 'gold mountain', which is common among Ashkenazi Jews. Notable people with the surname include:
Rosenberg is a family name and toponym of German and Swedish origin. Its principal meaning is "mountain of roses", from Rose + Berg. However, as a toponym, in some locations it may have originally meant "red mountain" or simply "red hill", from rot + Berg. The terminal consonant of the /rot/-/roθ/-/roð/-/ros/ syllable has varied across regions and centuries; there are many variations of the name, including Rozenberg, Rotenberg, Rottenberg, Rothenberg and Rodenberg. It is also a common name among Ashkenazi Jews.
Weinberg is a German and Jewish-Ashkenazi surname which means vineyard in German. Spellings in other languages include Wainberg, Vainberg, Vaynberg, Вайнберг and Wajnberg.
Levy or Lévy is a surname generally of Hebrew origin. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew לוי meaning "joining". Another spelling of the surname—among multiple other spellings—is Levi or Lévi.
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: