Surname

Epshteyn

Epshteyn is a surname from Yiddish.

Original Yiddishעפּשטיין

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Epshteyn comes from Yiddish.

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How it developed

From Yiddish עפּשטײן.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Epshteyn’s family of names

In English usage, Epshteyn as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with EPSTEIN. In Yiddish usage, Epshteyn as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of עפּשטיין. In Yiddish usage, Epshteyn as a surname is a transliteration of עפּשטיין.

Walk Epshteyn’s family in the name graph

EpshteynעפּשטייןEpstein

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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