GRUBER Origin of surname
GRUBER
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).
Gruber, in which the German ending "-er" means "of/from", is based on Grube, the German for "pit/grave". Like the German Graber, the surname can mean "grave digger", but also "engraver".
The name is also a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
the Jewish surname Graber can be associated with Graben in Baden, Germany, Grabow in Poland and Germany, Grabowo in Poland and Belorussia (today Belarus), or Grabiny in Galicia. In the 20th century Gruber is recorded as a Jewish family name with the Romanian World War I soldier Iancu Gruber; the Canadian organization executive Abraham R. Gruber; and the American foreign correspondent, author and lecturer Ruth Gruber.
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).
Gruber, in which the German ending "-er" means "of/from", is based on Grube, the German for "pit/grave". Like the German Graber, the surname can mean "grave digger", but also "engraver".
The name is also a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
the Jewish surname Graber can be associated with Graben in Baden, Germany, Grabow in Poland and Germany, Grabowo in Poland and Belorussia (today Belarus), or Grabiny in Galicia. In the 20th century Gruber is recorded as a Jewish family name with the Romanian World War I soldier Iancu Gruber; the Canadian organization executive Abraham R. Gruber; and the American foreign correspondent, author and lecturer Ruth Gruber.