English to German


Many people, who sailed to the Americas, over the years from other counties, changed their names. They wanted to fit in. They didn’t want to stand out or be seen as different. Some people simply used a translation, of their surname. We will be adding to this list, as time permits. Multiple pages contain the name translations that some of these people have used. The translation tables are setup as follows:

English

Angle / Winkel

Baker

German

Winkler, Engel

Becker

Bank Ufer
Barber Frisor
Beach

Big

Bird

Black

Strand

Grob

Vogel

Schwarz

Blacksmith

Bohemia

Brickmaker

Bush

Schmied

Bohm

Ziegler

Busch

Butcher Fleischer
Carpenter

Carter

Zimmermann

Schroder

Castle

Cellar

Schloss

Keller

Champion Meister
Cliff Klippe
Cook Koch
Cooper

Councilman

Count  / Earl

Coward, Rabbit hunter

Bottcher

Kuhn

Graf

Haas

Creek Bach
Cross

Curly haired

Debt Broker

Kreuz

Krause

Schulte

Deer

Defense army

Hirsch

Werner

Drum Trommel
Duck Ente
Eagle

Eagle’s Strength

Adler

Arnold

Emperor Kaiser
End Schluss
Fair Schon
Farmer Bauer / Baumann
Field

Fire, Burn

Feld

Brandt

Fisher Fischer
Flax Flachs
Flower Blume
Fortune Gluck
Fox

Franconia

Fuchs

Frank

Friend Freund
Gale Sturm
Goat

God has listened

Ziege

Simon

Gold Gold
Green Grun
Guard Wache
Hail Hageln
Hawk Habicht
Herd Herde
Hoe Hacke
Hook Haken
Horn Horn
Hunter Jager
Iron Eisen
Judge Richter
Junior

King

Junger

Konig

Knight Ritter
Lamb

Landed farmer

Landowner

Laurentius (Latin)

Lam

Hofmann

Huber

Lorenz

Law Recht
Leather Leder
Lion Lowe
Little

Long

Klein

Lange / Lang

Lord Herr
Love Liebe
Major Grosser
Mason

War like (Latin)

Maurer

Martin

Mayor

Miller

Miner

Burgermeister / Schulz

Muller / Moller

Bergmann

Minister Pfarrer
Moon Mond
Mountain

Mug

New man

Berg

Seidel

Newmann

North Norden
Ox Ochs
Painter Maler
Parson Pfarrer
Pasture Weide
Peace Frieden
Pebble Kiesel
Peer Gleiche
People Volk
Pigeon Taube
Pillar Pfeiler
Plow Pflug
Poet

Polish

Dichter

Pohl

Pond Teich
Pope

Potter

Papst

Kruger

Printer

Property / Inheritance

Drucker

Otto

Queen Konigin
Rain Regen
Ransom Losegeld
Reed Rohr
Regal Koniglich
Rice Reis
Rich Reich
Ridge Kette
Road Strasse
Robber

Rock

Rock (Greek)

Rauber

Stein

Peters

Roman

Rooster

Rot / Red

Ruler of people

Romisch

Hahn

Roth

Dietrich

Sailor Matrose
Saint Heilige
Sculptor Bildhauer
Seal

Serf

Siegel

Lehmann

Sheep Schaf
Shepherd

Shepherd (French)

Hirt / Schafer

Berger

Ship Schiff
Shoemaker, Cobbler Schuster / Schubert / Schumacher
Shore Ufer
Singer

Small

Smith

Sanger

Klein

Schmidt / Schmid / Schmitz

Sparrow Sputz
Spear Speer
Steel

Steward

Steward of land

Stahl

Meyer / Mayer / Vogt

Meier / Maier

Stone

Strong man

Summer

Stein

Hartmann

Sommer

Sweep Fegen
Taylor Schneider
Teacher Lehrer
Temple

Twin (Aramaic)

Schlafe

Thomas

Tower Torre
Town

Trader, Dealer, Small

Stadt

Kramer

Treat Behandeln
Valley Tal
Victor Sieger
Vine Weinstock
Virgin

Wagoner

Jungfrau

Wagner

Waiter

Warrior

Warrior (Scandinavian)

Kellner

Herrmann

Gunther

Weave Weben
Weaver Webber
Wheeler Handler
White

Wolf

Weiss

Wolff

Wood

Writer, Scribe

Wald

Scheiber

Young Jung