Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.
Schindler is a German surname that is derived from the German word "schindel", which means "shingle". This suggests that the original bearers of the name were in the roofing business. Variations and alternate spellings of the name include: Shindler, Schindel, and Schindelle.
Neumann is a German surname, with its origins in the pre-7th-century word neowe meaning "new", with mann, meaning man. The English form of the name is Newman. Von Neumann is a variant of the name, and alternative spellings include Neuman, Naumann(s), Numan, Nauman, Neiman, and Nyeman.
Baum is a German surname meaning "tree". Notable people with this surname include:
Hartmann is a Germanic and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It is less frequently used as a male given name. The name originates from the Germanic word, "hart", which translates in English to "hardy", "hard", or "tough" and "Mann", a suffix meaning "man", "person", or "husband". The name Hartman, distinguished by ending with a single "n", is generally the result of the anglicisation of names that occurred with the emigration of persons from German-speaking to anglophone nations in the 18th, 19th and early 20th century. Below is a list of notable individuals and fictional characters with the surname or given name of Hartmann.
Friedländer is a toponymic surname derived from any of German places named Friedland.
Freund is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Neugebauer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Siegel, is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It can be traced to 11th century Bavaria and was used by people who made wax seals for or sealed official documents. Alternate spellings include Sigel, Sigl, Siegl, and others. "Siegel" is also the modern German word for seal. The name ultimately derives from the Latin sigillum, meaning "seal" as in the Seal of the City of New York: Sigillum Civitatis Novi Eboraci. The Germanicized derivative of the name was given to professional seal makers and engravers. Some researchers have attributed the surname to Sigel, referring to Sól (Sun), the goddess of the sun in Germanic mythology, but that is highly speculative.
Frankel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lederer is a surname of German origin, meaning "leatherworker". Notable people with the surname include:
Stern is a surname which can be of either German/Yiddish or English language origin, though the former case predominates.
Frank is a German surname. Notable persons 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".
Stolz is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hahn is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jaffe and its variant spellings Jaffé and Yaffe are Hebrew-language surnames.
Hofmann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Lenz is a German surname.
Wiener is a surname. People with the surname include:
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