Reger is a German surname, derived from the Middle High German reiger, meaning "heron", likely referring to a tall thin person. [1] Alternatively, the name may originally have meant a lively or restless person, from the Middle High German regen, meaning "to be moved or excited". [1] The name may refer to:
Ebert is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include:
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.
Spielmann or Spielman is a German occupational surname, which means "jester", from the Middle High German spilære. The name may refer to:
Schwarzschild is a German surname meaning "black sign" or "black shield". Notable people with the surname include:
Oppenheimer is a toponymic surname, derived from the German town Oppenheim, common among Germans and Ashkenazi Jews.
Geller is a surname. Depending on one's ancestors' origins, the name may derive from a place name or the German word gellen meaning 'one who yells'; less probably from the Yiddish word gel ('yellow') meaning the 'yellow man', or the Yiddish word geler, an expression for a redheaded man. It may also be a Russianized respelling of Heller or a variant of the Hungarian first name Gellért. The name appears with some frequency in northwestern Germany, near the city of Aachen.
Nagel is a German and Dutch surname. Meaning "nail" in both languages, the surname is metonymic referring to the occupation of a nail maker. Notable people with the surname include:
Mandel is a surname that occurs in multiple cultures and languages. It is a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, meaning "almond", from the Middle High German and Middle Dutch mandel. Mandel can be a locational surname, from places called Mandel, such as Mandel, Germany. Mandel may also be a Dutch surname, from the Middle Dutch mandele, meaning a number of sheaves of harvested wheat.
Pohl is a German surname of several possible origins.
Fleischer is a common German and Yiddish family name. Its literal meaning is "butcher". Other German family names with the same meaning include Metzger, Mezger, Fleischman, and Fleischmann.
Frey is a surname of German origin, from the Middle High German word "vri," meaning "free," and as a name, it referred to a free man, as opposed to a bondsman or serf in the feudal system. Other variations include Freyr, Freyer, Freyda, Freyman, Freyberg, Freystein, Fray, Frayr, Frayda, Frayberg, Frayman, Freeman.
Schön is a German surname, which means handsome or beautiful, from the Middle High German schoene, meaning "beautiful", "friendly", "nice". Schon means "already" and "yet". Alternative spellings include Schon and Schoen.
Cerf or Le Cerf is a French-language surname, derived from cerf, meaning "hind", "hart" or "deer". It is common for both Christians and Jews, an equivalent of Naphtali, to which the meaning of "hind" is attributed, and is thus also the equivalent of the same name translated into other European languages, for example Hirsch in German and Jellinek in Czech.
Starck is a German surname, which means a strong, bold person, from the Middle High German starke, meaning "strong" or "brave". The name may refer to:
Gentner is a surname of German origin. The first records of the Gentner name can be traced back to Württemberg, southwest Germany, in the late 1300s.
Kießling is a German topographic surname, which originally meant a resident of an area of gravelly land, from the Middle High German kiselinc ("gravel"). An alternative meaning is as a locational surname for a person from one of the places called Kießling in Germany. Spelling variants include Kiessling and Kiesling. The name may refer to:
Broers is a Dutch patronymic surname meaning "Broer's (son)". Broer and Broeder mean "brother" in Dutch. A nickname for a younger sibling is likely the origin of the given name, which is by now rare in the Netherlands. The surname may sometimes have originated from any of the other meanings of "brother". Variant forms are Broeders, Broer, Broere, Broerse and Broersen. People with this surname include:
Abraham is a surname. It can be of Jewish, English, French, German, Dutch, Irish, Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Lebanese, Syrian and other origins. It is derived from the Hebrew personal name Avraham, borne by the biblical patriarch Abraham, revered by Jews as a founding father of the Jewish people, and by Muslims as founder of all Semitic peoples. The name is explained in Genesis 17:5 as being derived from the Hebrew av hamon goyim "father of a multitude of nations". It was commonly used as a given name among Christians in the Middle Ages, and has always been a popular Jewish given name. The English name Abram is often a short form of Abraham, but it can also be a shortened version of Adburgham, which comes from a place name. As an Irish name, it was adopted as an approximation of the Gaelic name Mac an Bhreitheamhan "son of the judge". The German name Brahm is often a short form of Abraham, but it can also be a topographic name signifying someone who lived near a bramble thicket. The name Braham has been used as an Anglicization of both Abraham and its patronymic Abrahams by Ashkenazi Jews in the British Isles. Abraham has also been used as an Anglicization of the equivalent Arabic surname Ibrāhīm. It is also found as a given name among Christians in India, and has come to be used as a family name among families from Kerala.
Grünberg, Gruenberg is a German surname meaning "green mountain". Variants include Grunberg and in Norwegian Grønnberg.
Blau is a German surname meaning "blue". This may have referred to the pale skin, the eyes, or the clothes of the original bearer of the name or the surname may be metonymic, e.g. referring to a dyer or someone who produced bluing in a mill. "Blau" is most commonly an ornamental Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. Notable people with the surname include: