Given name & surname
Schneider
“a tailor”
Schneider is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a tailor.”
Original GermanSnyder
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a tailor.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Schneider through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 339
- 339 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,115 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,115 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 6.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 418 as a first name in 2020; 97,428 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Schneider’s family of names
In German usage, Schneider as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Dutch form Snijder. Schneider has a related form in Snyder. Schneider has a related form in Shneider.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Schneider has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Snydervariant · German
- Schneiderlevariant · German
- Schnydervariant · German
- Schrödervariant · German
- Snidervariant · German
- Schniedervariant · German
- Schneydervariant · German
- Sneidervariant
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Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- TaylorEnglish
- ШнейдерRussian
- שנײַדערcognate · Yiddish
- Schneidershas masculine form
- Snijdercognate · Dutch
- SastreSpanish
- ШнайдерRussian
- 施奈德Mandarin
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