The birnbaum Surname
birnbaum Name Meaning and History
- German: topographic name for someone who lived by a pear tree, from Middle High German bir ‘pear’ + boum ‘tree’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Birnbaum ‘pear tree’, applied mainly as an ornamental name, possibly occasionally as a topographic name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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