Family name origins & meanings
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : topographic name for someone living in a stone-built house, from Middle High German stein ‘stone’ + hūs ‘house’, German Stein + Haus, or a habitational name from any of the many places named Steinhaus, for example near Fulda and near Wels in Austria. In some cases the Jewish name is of ornamental origin.