The einstein Surname
einstein Name Meaning and History
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various places named with a Middle High German derivative of einsteinen ‘to enclose or surround with stone’. In the unsettled social climate of the Middle Ages even relatively minor settlements were commonly surrounded with stone walls as a defense against attack.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name composed of German ein ‘one’ + Stein ‘stone’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Albert Einstein | Jason Hirsch | 22 |
| Einsteins from Slonim Poland |
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| Obit Gertrude Wilma Gerhold Einstein, d. 1979 |
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| Einstein, Jakob, Meir-Moshe, Marcus, Abraham | Doug Miller | 2 |
| Einteins of Buchau Germany |
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| 8 |
| Einsteins of NY |
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| Macon, GA - Einstein circa 1850s |
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| Morris Einstein/Germany-PA | Sue Howard | 8 |
| einsteins of buchau |
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| Einsteins emigration | Alain Van Delen | 0 |
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