German Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 2 of 7)

From Burkhard, or a nickname

Someone who made and sold casks, a cooper

Axe

From Karl; also other origins

From the personal name Casper

Independent Irish, English and North German origins

Short form of Adam

A German vernacular form of Daniel

A pine-tree landscape or separate English formations

Wooded ground or a locality

Someone with a large or unusual thumb

A patronymic formed from David

Roofer, thatcher

A warrior or a sword maker

Several German personal-name and landscape routes

A descendant of Dehn

Several distinct German surname explanations

A German Daniel form or historical nickname

German speech or a connection with German-speaking lands

A poet-related name or several older independent explanations

Someone from Diehmen, or a descendant of Dietmar

A servant or attendant

Ruler of the people

From the name Dietrich

Someone from Thuringia

A descendant of Isidor, or a thin, dry person

A nickname or name connected with thunder

Someone who formerly lived in the village

Someone who formerly lived in the village

Dweller by a thorn hedge

Someone who came from Dorn (stronghold), in Worcestershire

A descendant of Isidorus (gift of Isis)

Someone at the sign of the cod

Turner (woodworker)

A descendant of Ebilo or Eble, from a name meaning boar

A descendant of Ebilo or Eble (boar)

From the name Eberhard

Little boar

Son of Eberhard ("brave as a boar")

"one who lived on level ground"

Someone living at a corner or a steep edge of land

From Eckhart ("hard edge")

Hardy blade

Nobleman

"one who lived on waste ground"

From the ridge or corner

"son of Eilhard"

Honest

Squirrel

Oak dweller

Iron mountain

Iron hewer

A dealer in ironware

Someone living near an alder tree, or from Ellen

A descendant of Hellmann

A descendant of Hellmann

Son of Andreas

Short form of Engelbert; angel

From the name Engelhard

Angel / Engelbert man

From Eppstein

A descendant of a name with Erbe, inheritance

A descendant of Arpus

Strong man / earth man

A descendant of Erhart, honour and brave

Earnest, resolute

A wheelwright or axle maker

A village boundary fence or a kinship term

Son of Evert; other origins

Law-rule

Smith (Latin)

The worker in metals, a smith

Falcon

Someone who dyed cloth

Fist

Field man

Field man

A dweller in the field

A dealer in furs or hides

A dweller in the field

The worker in the field or open country

The worker in the field or open country

The large, or tall, man

Someone who made windows

A dyer or painter

Fiddle player

A nickname, possibly for a ring maker or a skilful person

Finch (cheerful person)

"fish stream"

Fisherman

Butcher

A butcher

The Fleming

A forest warden or gamekeeper

A forest warden or gamekeeper

A dweller at the sign of the bird

A follower or vassal, or a descendant of Folcger

Forester

Someone who came from Franconia, in central Germany

Someone who came from Franconia, in central Germany

Franconian; free man

Franconian; free man

A descendant of little Frank (free)

From Franziskus (Francis)

A descendant of Franz (the free)

"free man"

Friday

Free man

Friday

Little Friedrich

A descendant of Fried, from Friedrich

Man of peace

Peaceful ruler

Someone from Frisia

A pet form of Friedrich

From Friedrich

Cheerful

The merry or cheerful person

Cheerful

The quiet, pious or devout man

The quiet, pious or devout man

A quiet, pious or devout man

Fox

Spark

Someone who conveyed passengers by boat across a stream

A fork-making trade, a landscape fork, or another name route

A fork maker or a forked landscape

Gardener

Someone who lived on an alley

Someone who lived on an alley

Dweller on a lane

Strong gift

A personal name, blond nickname, or Daniel form

A Low German pet form of Gerhard

A dweller at the sign of the vulture

Fiddle player

Goat herder

A descendant of Geist, spirit, or someone from Geistingen

A descendant of Gelther, a loud person, or someone from Geldern

The money man, perhaps a money changer

The money man, perhaps a money changer