STEINMETZ Origin of surname
STEINMETZ
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).
Literally "stone cutter/dresser" or "mason" in German, in some cases Steinmetz could be an occupational name for jewellers and dealers in precious stones. In other cases Steinmetz is a form of Stein. It would then be 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. It is also an artificial (or ornamental) name (a made-up name often in compound of two words).
As an Ashkenazi family name, Steinman may belong to the group of names based on German word Stein (German for "stone/rock"). Stein is also an artificial name that is commonly found in Jewish family names as a prefix (Steinberg) or a suffix (Loewenstein). Localities called Stein are situated near Nuremberg (Nuernberg in German), Bavaria (Germany); Krems, Niederoesterreich (Austria); and Schaffhausen (Switzerland). Kamnik in Slovenia, Yugoslavia, is Stein in German, and the name of a number of places in Poland called Kamien has been translated by Jews into the Yiddish Shteyn. Other related family names include Steinherz, Steinfeld, Steingraber, Steinhaeusser, Steinbach. The name and variants are common among Jewish families from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, Poland, Switzerland, France, England and the USA. Documented since the 18th century as a Jewish family name, Stein is also a widespread non-Jewish name.
Steinmetz families lived in Central Europe at least since the 19th century. One of its distinguished representatives was the German-born U.S. mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923).
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).
Literally "stone cutter/dresser" or "mason" in German, in some cases Steinmetz could be an occupational name for jewellers and dealers in precious stones. In other cases Steinmetz is a form of Stein. It would then be 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. It is also an artificial (or ornamental) name (a made-up name often in compound of two words).
As an Ashkenazi family name, Steinman may belong to the group of names based on German word Stein (German for "stone/rock"). Stein is also an artificial name that is commonly found in Jewish family names as a prefix (Steinberg) or a suffix (Loewenstein). Localities called Stein are situated near Nuremberg (Nuernberg in German), Bavaria (Germany); Krems, Niederoesterreich (Austria); and Schaffhausen (Switzerland). Kamnik in Slovenia, Yugoslavia, is Stein in German, and the name of a number of places in Poland called Kamien has been translated by Jews into the Yiddish Shteyn. Other related family names include Steinherz, Steinfeld, Steingraber, Steinhaeusser, Steinbach. The name and variants are common among Jewish families from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, Poland, Switzerland, France, England and the USA. Documented since the 18th century as a Jewish family name, Stein is also a widespread non-Jewish name.
Steinmetz families lived in Central Europe at least since the 19th century. One of its distinguished representatives was the German-born U.S. mathematician and electrical engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923).