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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Middle High German wīnrëb ‘grapevine’, hence a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by a sign depicting a grapevine, or a metonymic occupational name for a vintner.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Weinrebe ‘grapevine’ (see 1 above).

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