Thursday, October 21, 2010

anglicization of surnames

German and Scandinavian
Schmidt > Smith
Braun > Brown
Müller > Miller, Muller
Schneider > Snyder
Fuchs > Fox
Bloch > Block or Black
Ochs > Oakes
Hoch > Hoke
Fischbach > Fishback
Albrecht > Albert or Albright
Steinweg > Steinway

Blum was changed to Bloom, 15 Reuss to Royce, Koester to Kester, Kuehle to Keeley, Schroeder to Schrader, Stehli to Staley, Weymann to Wayman, Klein to Kline or Cline, Federlein to Federline, Friedmann to Freedman, Bauman to Bowman, Braun to Brown, and Lang (as the best compromise possible) to Long.



More
http://www.bartleby.com/185/48.html




Johnson, Anderson Scandinavian (-sen danish: pedersen > peterson)

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