Wein Family History
Wein Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Tova, Ahron, Chaim, Hershel, Isadore, Mort, Rivka, Zahava, Zev.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German wīn, German Wein ‘wine’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a wine merchant or producer, or perhaps for a tavern keeper. As a Jewish name it may also be artificial.
German: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names beginning with the element wini ‘friend’, such as Winifrid or Winimar.
German: variant of Wien .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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