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The first Jewish population in the region to be later known as Germany came with the Romans to the city now known as Cologne. A "Golden Age" in the first millennium saw the emergence of the Ashkenazi Jews, while the persecution and expulsion that followed the Crusades led to the creation of Yiddish and an overall shift eastwards.
Katz is a common German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname.. Germans with the last name Katz may originate in the Rhine River region of Germany, where the Katz Castle is located. (The name of the castle does not derive from Katze, "cat", but from Katzenelnbogen, going back to Latin Cattimelibocus, consisting of the ancient Germanic tribal names of the Chatti and Melibokus.)
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This appellation was also frequently used to form longer, more specific surnames such as Bergmair or Niedermeier. Some German Jews adopted Meyer or a variant thereof as a surname when they assimilated to German culture in the 18th century, as it is close to the Hebrew first name Me'ir (מֵאִיר), "shining, enlightened". [2]
Jewish surnames are family names used by Jews and those of Jewish origin. Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin; [ 1 ] : 190 the first known Jewish family names date to the Middle Ages , in the 10th and 11th centuries.
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According to researchers at ANU – Museum of the Jewish People, the name Klee originates from the Greek Kalonymos (Hebrew: קלונימוס), a translation of the Hebrew "shem tov" (שם טוב ) meaning "good name". Klee is documented as a Jewish surname in Alsace in France since the 18th century, along with similar names such as Kleemann. [5]
Evelyn Hecht-Galinski (born 1949), Jewish-German activist; Greg Hecht, American politician; Jon Hecht (born 1958), Massachusetts legislator, attorney and China law expert; Michael Hecht, birth name of Michael Howard, British politician and leader of the Conservative Party from 2003 until 2005; Nathan Hecht, American judge; Sue Hecht, American ...