Ashkenazi surnames

Brainin is a Jewish matronymic surname literally meaning "son of Braina", the latter name is one of multiple variants derived from the color "brown". Transliterated from Russian, it may be spelled as Braynin. Notable people with the surname include:

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The surname Epstein (also Eppstein or Epshtein) is one of the oldest Ashkenazi Jewish family names. It is probably derived from the German town of Eppstein, in Hesse; the place-name was probably derived from Gaulish apa 'water' (in the sense of a river) and German -stein 'stone' (in the sense of a hill).

Reimann () is a German and Jewish surname, also Reiman, Reinman, Rhinemann, Riemann. It is also commonly associated with Ashkenazi Jews.

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Glick or Glik is a surname that is an Ashkenazi Jewish variation of the German surname Glück. Notable people and fictional characters with the surname include:

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Preminger () is a surname of Jewish origin. Notable people with the surname include:

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Bernstein is a common surname of German origin, meaning "amber" (literally "burn stone"). The name is used by both Germans and Jews, although it is most common among people of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. The German pronunciation is , but in English, it is pronounced either as or .

Shapiro, and its variations such as Shapira, Schapiro, Schapira, Sapir, Sapira, Spira, Spiro, Sapiro, Szapiro/Szpiro in Polish and Chapiro in French (more at "See also"), is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname.

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Alterman is a surname of German and also Yiddish origin, meaning "old man". Notable people of the surname include the following:

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Hershkowitz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Kaminsky is a surname with various origins. It may be derived from Czech/Slovak Kaminský, , , , or Polish Kamiński. Feminine forms include Kaminská (Czech and Slovak), Kamińska (Polish), Kaminska (Ukrainian), and Kaminskaya (Belarusian and Russian). Its Lithuanian-language counterparts: Kaminskas, Kaminskis.

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Weisberg, a variant of Weissberg, is a German surname. It derives from Weiss or Weiß (German for "white") and Berg (German for "mountain"). People with the surname include:

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