Yiddish-language surnames

Strauss, Strauß, or Straus is a common Germanic surname. Outside Germany and Austria Strauß is usually spelled Strauss (the letter "ß" is not used in the German-speaking part of Switzerland). In classical music, "Strauss" most commonly refers to Richard Strauss or Johann Strauss II.

Offenbach may refer to:

Zweig (German for "twig" or "branch") is a German and Yiddish surname. A shortening of Rosenzweig ("Rose branch"). It is the surname of:

Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are surnames of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by Ashkenazi Jews (see Jewish surnames). It is the 9th most common surname in Israel (8th among Jews) and most common exclusively Ashkenazi name. Notable people with these surnames include:

Rosenfeld may refer to:

Weinstein is a German or Yiddish surname meaning ”wine stone”, referring to the crystals of cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate) that precipitate out of fermenting grape juice.

Berman is a surname that may be derived from the German and Yiddish phrase ( ‘bear-man’) or from the Dutch , meaning the same. Notable people with the surname include:

Rosengarten may refer to:

Axelrod or Akselrod (variant: Axelrad) is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Morgenthau is a German surname meaning "morning dew". Notable people with the surname include:

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Mandelbrot may refer to: Benoit Mandelbrot (1924–2010), a mathematician associated with fractal geometry Mandelbrot set, a fractal popularized by Benoit Mandelbrot Mandelbrot Competition, a mathematics competition Mandelbrot (cookie), dessert associated with Eastern European Jews Szolem Mandelbrojt, a Polish-French mathematician

Rubinstein is a surname of Ashkenazi Jews. It comes from German and Yiddish, where it means "ruby-stone". Notable persons named Rubinstein include:

Goldman is a surname most common among Ashkenazi Jews. Notable people with the surname include:

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Kann may refer to:

Joffe (Joffé, Иоффе, Ioffe, Yoffe) is a Hebrew-language surname, a variant of Jaffe. Notable people with this 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).

Lehmann is a German surname.

Rosenstein () is surname of German and Yiddish origin. It may refer to:

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Rosenbaum is a surname of German origin, which translates as "rose tree" and which was given to people living in the proximity of rose bushes. The surname is common among Ashkenazi Jews, but is also associated with various non-Jews of German origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Unger is a surname literally meaning "Hungarian". It may refer to:

Rabinovich or Rabinovitch (Рабино́вич, רבינוביץ), is a Russian Ashkenazi Jewish surname, Slavic for "son of the rabbi". The Polish/Lithuanian equivalents are Rabinowitz or Rabinowicz.

Alpert is a variation of the Jewish surname Heilprin (Alprin), and may refer to:

Weinreich (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Perlmutter is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname which means "mother-of-pearl". It may refer to:

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Katzenbach may refer to:

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Landsbergis is a Lithuanian family name. Of German origin, it is sometimes translated into Lithuanian as Žemkalnis.

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

Zuckermann or Zuckerman is a Yiddish or German surname meaning "sugar man".

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Milman may refer to:

Bloch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with this surname include:

Shapira is a surname (see Shapiro), and may refer to:

Maier is a surname of German origin.

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

Gurvich, Gurovich, Gurwich, Gurwitch, Gurwitsch, Gurevich, or Gourevitch is a Yiddish surname, a Russian form of the surname "Horowitz", see the latter article about its etymology.

Perles may refer to

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Lurie is often a Jewish surname, but also an Irish and English surname. The name is sometimes transliterated from/to other languages as Lurye, Luriye and Lure (from Russian), Lourié (in French).

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Greenspan is a typically Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It is the anglicized form of the Yiddish surname Grünspan (, actually referring to Copper(II) acetate which was commonly known as "Spanish green"). Cognate are the surnames Grynszpan, Grinszpan and Grinshpan (Poland, Romania, Hungary).

Wolff is a variant of the Wolf surname which is derived from the baptismal names Wolfgang or Wolfram.

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

Wertheimer is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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

Milgrom is a surname derived from the Yiddish word for pomegranate (מילגרוים, Milgroim) and may refer to: