Jewish Surnames10


PENZIK Yiddish
Variant of PENZIG.
PONTECORVO ItalianJewish
From the name of a town in central Italy, home to an old Jewish community. The town's name is derived from Italian ponte "bridge" and curvo "curved".
PRINZ GermanJewish
Means "prince", used as an ornamental name by Jews or as a nickname for someone who acted in a princely manner.
REGENBOGEN GermanJewish
From a German nickname meaning "rainbow".
REIS GermanJewish
From Middle High German ris meaning "twig, branch, bush", denoting a person who lived in an overgrown area. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
RIESE GermanJewish
Means "giant" in German.
ROSE (1) EnglishFrenchGermanJewish
Means "rose" from Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose, all from Latin rosa. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in an area abundant with roses. As a Jewish surname it is ornamental, from Yiddish רויז (roiz).

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