SEIDE Origin of surname
SEIDE
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade). The Jewish surname Seide literally means "silk" in German. As a Jewish name it is linked to the manufacture and sale of silk and silk garments, and was originally borne by "silk merchants". Seid belongs to a group comprising the Yiddish Zajdeman, Zaide and Zayd, the German Seidenman, Seidl and Seidlin, and the English Silk. In the early 20th century Seide is recorded as a Jewish family name with the German soldiers Hermann and Siegfried Seide, who died in World War I.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from an occupation (also connected with raw material, finished product or implements associated with that trade). The Jewish surname Seide literally means "silk" in German. As a Jewish name it is linked to the manufacture and sale of silk and silk garments, and was originally borne by "silk merchants". Seid belongs to a group comprising the Yiddish Zajdeman, Zaide and Zayd, the German Seidenman, Seidl and Seidlin, and the English Silk. In the early 20th century Seide is recorded as a Jewish family name with the German soldiers Hermann and Siegfried Seide, who died in World War I.