German Surnames
Explore 413 German surnames with meanings and origins.
Abramsohn
Son of Abraham
Germany
Achenbach
Oak brook
Germany
Ackermann
Plowman or farmer
Hesse50K+
Adler
Eagle
Austria38K+
Aigner
Landowner
Austria
Albrecht
Noble, bright
Prussia78K+
Altdorf
Old village
Germany
Althaus
Old house
Germany
Ammann
Official or magistrate
Switzerland
Amsel
Blackbird
Germany
Andersohn
Son of Anders
Germany
Apfelbaum
Apple tree
Germany
Arnold
Eagle power
Germany
Auer
Meadow dweller
Austria
Augsburg
City of Augustus
Germany
Bach
Stream, brook
Thuringia96K+
Bachmann
Brook man
Germany
Bauer
Farmer or peasant
Bavaria300K+
Baumann
Farmer, builder
Swabia70K+
Baumgart
Tree garden
Germany
Baumgartner
Orchard keeper
Austria
Becker
Baker
Hesse390K+
Bergmann
Mountain man
Germany
Bernhardt
Bear brave
Germany
Bierwirth
Beer innkeeper
Germany
Birkenfeld
Birch field
Germany
Bitter
Bitter one
Germany
Blankenstein
Bright stone
Germany
Blumenberg
Flower mountain
Germany
Blumenfeld
Flower field
Germany
Bohm
One from Bohemia, Bohemian
Silesia82K+
Borchardt
Fortress brave
Germany
Brandenburg
Forest fortress
Germany
Brandt
Sword, fire or cleared land
Brandenburg128K+
Braun
Brown, brown-haired
Saxony250K+
Braunstein
Brown stone
Germany
Breitbart
Broad beard
Germany
Breitenbach
Wide brook
Germany
Brinkmann
One who lives by a hill or slope
Westphalia60K+
Bruckner
Bridge dweller
Austria
Buchenwald
Beech forest
Germany
Buchholz
Beech wood
Germany
Buchner
Beech tree dweller, one near beech woods
Franconia26K+
Burger
Citizen, town dweller
Swabia52K+
Burkhardt
Strong fortress
Germany
Busch
Bush, shrub dweller
Lower Saxony44K+
Böhm
From Bohemia
Germany