Surname

Röntgen

Röntgen is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.

Original GermanRoentgen

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Röntgen comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In German usage, Röntgen as a surname is a diminutive of Hieronymus.

Röntgen’s family of names

In German usage, Röntgen as a surname is a diminutive of Hieronymus. In German usage, Röntgen as a surname has a related form in ROENTGEN. In English usage, Röntgen as a surname has a related form in ROENTGEN.

Walk Röntgen’s family in the name graph

RöntgenRontgenRoentgenHieronymus

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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