Given name & surname · also German
Bernstein
Bernstein is a surname from German, ultimately from Yiddish. It is used in English, French, German, and Hungarian.
Original Yiddishבערנשטיין
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Bernstein comes from German, and ultimately from Yiddish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From German Bernstein, from Yiddish בערנשטיין.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Bernstein’s family of names
In English usage, Bernstein as a surname has a related form in Bernshteyn. In German usage, Bernstein as a surname has a related form in Bernsteiner. In English usage, Bernstein as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Yiddish form בערנשטיין.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bernstein has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Yiddish roots to each of them.
Yiddishwhere Bernstein comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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