Old German Pedigrees
From Eastern Europe
- Aaronovitch, Aronowitz, etc. son of Aaron. Jewish surname.
- Boyer: when German, can be a modification of "Bauer", farmer.
- Balshemnik, Balshemennik, Bolshemennikov: from Baal Shem: Wizard. A Jewish surname from Belarus.
- Huber: the German name is derived from Huober, a farmer holding a fief. It has also been explained as an abbreviation of Hubert or as a derivation of Heber, the Hebrew Patriarch. It may occur in the following variations: Hiver, Hivar, Hubbar, Hupper, Huper, Hobar, Hibber, Kuber, Cooper, Kubri, Kivri, Heber, Eber, Hever, Ever.
- Katzman Abbreviation of Cohen ( high priest in Hebrew Temple on Temple Mount) and Tzadik ( teacher, scholar) Hebrew. Man was added later and has German origin. This last name is popular among Jews originated from South-East Byelorussia (town Mozyr).
- Kolikov: son of Kolek. Russian surname.
- Plotkin: from Plotki. Jewish surname from Belarus.
- Rabinowitz, Rabbinowitz, Rabinovitch, Rabinowich: Son of a rabbi. Jewish surname. (This surname has the owitz ending, meaning "son of"). Poland, Russian Empire, other Eastern European countries.
- Spector: From the Russian Spectorski, meaning inspector. Jews who registered as inspectors with the Russian or Ukraine governments received a favored status with respect to travel, although those who collected taxes were generally resented in the shtetls (Jewish ghettos).
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