Katzenstein Family History

Katzenstein Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Ernst, Bernhard, Friedrich, Hans, Heinz, Kurt, Sigfried. Jewish Chaya, Moshe, Pinchas.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial elaboration of Katz 1, from German Katze ‘cat’ + Stein ‘stone’ (compare 2 below).

German: habitational name from any of several places called Katzenstein in Lower Saxony, Bavaria, and Württemberg.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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