SCHNEIDER Origin of surname
SCHNEIDER
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).
Schneider means "tailor" in German, probably a translation of the Hebrew Hayat which first appears as the term for "tailor" in mishnaic and midrashic literature. Schneider is recorded as a Jewish family names in the 14th century. Other related family names include the Yiddish Chaitman, Shnaider, the Polish form Sznajder, the English Snyder and Taylor, the Russian Portnoy, Ukrainian Kravitz, Hungarian Szabo, and Romanian Croitor(u). Schneider is recorded as a Jewish family name in the 17th century with Moses Schneider of Frankfurt am Main who visited the Leipzig fair in 1681.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Schneider include the 20th century Polish-born American violinist , Alexander Schneider, and the Lithuanian Hebrew grammarian and Zionist, Mordecai Bezalel Schneider (1865-1941).
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).
Schneider means "tailor" in German, probably a translation of the Hebrew Hayat which first appears as the term for "tailor" in mishnaic and midrashic literature. Schneider is recorded as a Jewish family names in the 14th century. Other related family names include the Yiddish Chaitman, Shnaider, the Polish form Sznajder, the English Snyder and Taylor, the Russian Portnoy, Ukrainian Kravitz, Hungarian Szabo, and Romanian Croitor(u). Schneider is recorded as a Jewish family name in the 17th century with Moses Schneider of Frankfurt am Main who visited the Leipzig fair in 1681.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Schneider include the 20th century Polish-born American violinist , Alexander Schneider, and the Lithuanian Hebrew grammarian and Zionist, Mordecai Bezalel Schneider (1865-1941).