Siemens (surname)

See also: Siemens (disambiguation)

Siemens, Simens, Ziemens

Pronunciation	German: [ˈziːməns,-mɛns] [1]
Origin
Language(s)	Low German
Meaning	Simon
Region of origin	Northern Germany
Other names
Variant form(s)	Ziemens; Siemon, Siemen (Simen), Siem, Siems, Siemes, Siemsen (Siemssen), Simsen (Simssen), etc.; Simonsen (Simonssen)

Siemens may refer to

Siemens, a German family name carried by generations of telecommunications industrialists.

Main article: Siemens family

Notable surnames

• (Ernst) Werner (since 1888) von Siemens (known as Werner) (1816, Gehrden – 1892), inventor, founder of Siemens AG
  • (Carl) Wilhelm Siemens (known as (Charles) Wilhelm or Sir William Siemens) (1823, Lenthe – 1883), brother of Werner von Siemens
  • Carl (Heinrich) von Siemens (1829, Menzendorf – 1906), brother of Werner von Siemens
  • Georg von Siemens (1839–1901), banker and politician, nephew of Werner von Siemens
  • Alexander Siemens (1847, Hanover – 1928), cousin of Werner von Siemens
  • Arnold (since 1888) von Siemens (1853, Berlin – 1918), son of Werner von Siemens
  • (Georg) Wilhelm (since 1888) von Siemens (known as Wilhelm) (1855, Berlin – 1919), son of Werner von Siemens
  • Carl Friedrich von Siemens (1872, Berlin – 1941), son of Werner von Siemens
  • Hermann (Werner) von Siemens (1885, Berlin – 1986), nephew of Werner von Siemens
  • Ernst von Siemens (1903, Kingston upon Thames – 1990), nephew of Werner von Siemens
  • Peter von Siemens (1911, Berlin – 1986), nephew of Werner von Siemens
• Hermann Werner Siemens (1869, Charlottenburg – 1969), geneticist
• Jacob "Jake" (John) Siemens (1896, Altona, Manitoba – 1963), a Canadian social entrepreneur and adult educator of Mennonite descent

Fictional characters

• Yasch Siemens, a fictional Mennonite man from Armin Wiebe's novel The Salvation of Yasch Siemens

References

1. Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN   9781405881180