Jewish Surnames10
PENZIK Yiddish Variant of PENZIG . PONTECORVO Italian , Jewish 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 German , Jewish Means "prince", used as an ornamental name by Jews or as a nickname for someone who acted in a princely manner. REGENBOGEN German , Jewish From a German nickname meaning "rainbow". REIS German , Jewish 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 German , Jewish Means "giant" in German. ROSE (1) English , French , German , Jewish 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 ...