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The common names Schmidt and Schmitz lead in the central German-speaking and eastern Low German-speaking areas. Meyer is particularly common in the Low German-speaking regions, especially in Lower Saxony (where it is more common than Müller). Bauer leads in eastern Upper German-speaking Bavaria. Rarer names tend to accumulate in the north and ...
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,604 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
German-language surnames (7 C, 4,603 P) Germanized Slavic family names (12 P) I. Icelandic-language surnames (3 C, 12 P) L. Limburgian surnames (2 P) Low German ...
In the default case, each partner retains their unmarried name. The partner who is changing surnames has the possibility to use their unmarried name alongside the married name with hyphenation. In Switzerland (Art. 160 ZGB), the couple can opt to both retain their unmarried name, or the couple can choose to use either surname as their married ...
Pages in category "Surnames of German origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 592 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
Surname Meaning 1: Kovačević: son of the blacksmith 2: Subotić: of Saturday 3: Savić: son of Sava 4: Popović: son of the priest 5: Jovanović: son of Jovan 6: Petrović: son of Petar 7: Đurić: son of Đura 8: Babić: of grandmother, old woman 9: Lukić: son of Luka 10: Knežević: son of the prince 11: Marković: son of Marko 12: Ilić ...
Meyer is an originally German, Dutch and Jewish surname. ... Miers, etc.), it is a common German surname. [1] Its original meaning in Middle High German is from mei(g