The pfeffer Surname
pfeffer Name Meaning and History
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German
pfeffer, German Pfeffer ‘pepper’, a metonymic
occupational name for a spicer; alternatively, it may be a nickname
for a small man (as if the size of a peppercorn) or one with a fiery
temper, or for a dark-haired person (from the color of a peppercorn)
or anecdotal for someone who paid a peppercorn rent.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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