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Boom is a Dutch surname meaning "tree" (Dutch pronunciation:). It and the form De Boom can be of metaphoric origin, indicating a robust person ("like a tree"). Alternatively it may be a shortened version of names like Van der Boom or Ten Boom, meaning from/at the tree, boom barrier or warp beam. [1] "Boom" is also regularly chosen as a surname ...
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 ...
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).
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,591 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Verstappen;-The name is a contraction of van der stappen, literally meaning "from/of the steps" Vegte, van der – From the Vechte; Vinke – Little Bird; Visser – Fisher; Vliet, van – From the vliet (type of water) Vries, de – The Frisian; Vos – Fox; Vroom – piously (borne by a 16th–17th century family of artists)
German-language surnames (7 C, 4,588 P) Germanized Slavic family names (12 P) I. Icelandic-language surnames (3 C, 10 P) L. Limburgian surnames (2 P) Low German ...
Pages in category "Surnames of German origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 591 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Friedrich Weber (d. 1739) huntsman to the bishop of Bamberg, mayor of Marktleugast; Georg Michael Weber (d. 1822) Deputy Royal representative for Neuburg an der Donau, afterward Vice-representative in Amberg; Carl Adolph Weber Secretary of State to Ludwig I, raised to the Ritterstand in 1845; the mathematician Eduard Ritter von Weber (1870-1934).