Monday, September 27, 2010

Fudin

Yiddish for thread (fodem). Perhaps given to a tailor. 

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Jagfeld

From Yiddish for  yag  (hunt) and feld  (field), i.e. hunter.


Also: Yagfeld

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Shargorodsky

From the settlement Shargorod in Mogilev-Podolsk guberniya (Belarus).

The endoning -sky means "belonging to'

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Arntholtz

A combination of Aharon and holtz, German for wood. Maybe have been given to someone who owned or lived next to a tree belonging to someone named Aharon.

Also Arntgoltz, Arntgolts

Weitz

Yiddish/German for wheat. Ancestors with this name may have been farmers or millers.
Also Weitzen
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Saturday, February 6, 2010

Levestam

From "Levi" and "Stamm", German for tribe; a bearer may not necessarily be a Levi.

Meltzer

"Malt seller or malt merchant" from maltz, Yiddish for malt.
Also Meltser.