German Surnames: Meaning, Origin & Coat of Arms (page 4 of 7)

A chapel landscape, place name, or familiar form

Several regional occupations or a Carinthian connection

A descendant of Kass, a pet form of Cazo

"granary keeper"

Priest of righteousness

Merchant, trader

Lively, bold or forward

Bold

Wedge

Cellarer, steward of stores

Cellar keeper

Champion, fighter

A basket maker, or someone from Korb

Core, kernel; a nickname

A carter, a miller, or someone from Kern

A descendant of Christianus, follower of Christ

A maker of kettles, or someone from Kessel

Coppersmith, kettle maker

Pine / cooper

A wedge-shaped landscape, a place, or a personal name

A supplier of caraway

Someone living at a hilltop

Someone living by a churchyard

"sexton"

Cherry

Furrier

A descendant of little Giso

Someone who made boxes

Someone who made boxes

A descendant of Klaus, a short form of Nikolaus

A dweller on clay ground

Small or young

Locksmith, small smith

A pet form of Clemens, or someone living by a narrow place

Someone living by a ravine with a stream

Someone living by a mountain stream, or a blade maker

From the name Nikolaus

A nickname for a heavy, clumsy person

Clever

A servant, farm hand or squire

"one who lived by a knoll"

Button, knob

Someone living by a knoll, or a stocky man

Cook

Charcoal burner

King

A descendant of little Kob, from Jakob

A grain dealer, or someone living near a mill

Dweller below a crag

Charcoal burner

Coal work, cabbage farming, or a different Austrian name

A descendant of Kuno, a pet form of names beginning

Club, a nickname

Club

"charcoal burner"

King

A descendant of Konrad

Someone with an unusual head

"head"

A basket maker, or someone from Korb

"grain"

A descendant of Koss, a pet form of Godizo (God)

Shopkeeper, peddler

Strength, a nickname for a strong man

Shopkeeper, trader

Someone from a house with a wreath sign, or a garland maker

Curly-haired

Curly-haired

"crab, crayfish"

"shopkeeper, pedlar"

A descendant of Erasmus, or a nickname from cress

Innkeeper

Of the cross

Warrior

A nickname from the crane

"curly-haired"

A dweller at the sign of the crown

A short personal name or someone from Kropp

Innkeeper (Low German)

A nickname for someone with curly hair

Curly-haired

Someone living by a hollow or pool

Dweller by a hollow or pit

Short form of Konrad ("bold counsel")

A nickname, rubble landscape, or old personal name

A distaff, or a short form of Konrad

Skill or a personal name

Son of Kunz (Konrad, "bold counsel")

Bold counsel (Konrad)

Copper

Someone who came from Kurland or Courland (country of the Cours)

Furrier

A pet form of Konrad

Short

A descendant of Kus

A descendant of Gutz, from Godizo

Dweller by a pond

Someone from Lahr, or a descendant of Hilarius

From the name Lambert

Landgrave

From Landolt

The tall one

Long leg

The tall one

Tall person

Long-field farmer

A foolish or simple person

Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

Someone who came from Lask, in Poland

A dweller at the sign of the lion

A dweller at the sign of the lion

Someone from Lauterbach, a clear stream

A personal name, a butcher nickname, or a hill

Tenant farmer

Someone who tanned leather, a tanner

Someone who tanned leather, a tanner

Feudal tenant, vassal

Fief holder

A descendant of Lehr, from Hilarius, or someone from Lehr

A dweller at the sign of the lion

Hillside dweller

Little Lemmo

From Lorenz (Lawrence)

A descendant of Leonhard, lion and bold

A descendant of Leopold

A descendant of Liebrecht (people, pride)

Someone like a lark

Someone who came from Leer in Germany

Someone who came from Lern (to learn), in Germany

A dear, beloved person, or a descendant of Liubwin

Dweller by a lime tree

A lime-tree or place-name connection

Dweller by the lime tree

The servant of Lipp

A pet form of Philipp

A descendant of Liutbert or Liebhard

The servant of Lipp

The servant of Lipp

Lion