Even though late, I would like to join the discussion about Jewish names.
>From what I have read, it seems that Ashkenazi Jewish names
Have many origins; some are based on Hebrew words such as:
Sapir, Sofer, Melamed, Lapides, Kohen, Kohn, Kogan, Levi, Jidel, Katz and
Schapira. Others are based on city or country of origin, such as: Brodi,
Katzenelbogen, Landau, Reiner, Deutsch, Englander, Oppenheimer,
Frankfurter and Czernowitzer. Some are based on profession or merchandise
The family sold, such as: Schuster, Schneider, Koch, Schmidt, Reifer, Kushnir,
Gewürzt, Mandel, Zucker, Samet, Fischman, Mehlman, Tischler, Brotman, Singer,
Kantor, Fruchter, Kimmelman, Fleischer, Fuhrmann, Steinmetz, Diamant, etc.
It is entirely possible that some Jews had to bribe officials in order to get
Particularly nice names such as: Rosenblum, Rosenblat, and Blum.
Some officials, either because they were not offered a bribe, or because they
Disliked Jews, gave out names such as Ohrenstein (earwax), Igel (hedgehog),
König (king), Fürst, Wiseltier and Stuhlsaft.
Sometimes Jewish people asked to be given names with which they were familiar
Because they were the names of well known or important Jews.
This may be the reason for the frequency of some names.
Mimi
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On Jan 10, 2018, at 12:33 PM, Irene Fishler <irenef_at_netvision.net.il> wrote:
> Thank you, dear Jerome,
> Very interesting.
> There are more articles by Alexander Beider on the site.
> Best wishes,
> Irene
>
>
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> [mailto:bounce-122182951-3499296_at_list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of jerome
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> Subject: [Cz-L] Did Austro-Hungarian Jews buy their surnames?
>
> An article in the Forvertz (Forward) by Alexander Beider about Jewish
> surnames that you might find interesting:
>
> https://forward.com/opinion/391341/did-jews-buy-their-last-names/?utm_conten
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> =Opinion
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> or:
>
> https://tinyurl.com/y998kozf
>
> Best,
> jerome
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