Given name & surname

Zeit

Zeit is a surname from Middle High German. It is used in German.

Original GermanZeid

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Zeit comes from Middle High German.

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How it developed

From Middle High German zīt.

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Zeit’s family of names

In German usage, Zeit as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Swedish form TID. In German usage, Zeit as a surname has a related form in ZEID. In Greek usage, Zeit as a surname is a transliteration of Ζέιτ.

Walk Zeit’s family in the name graph

ZeitΖέιτZeidTidZeits

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Spellings & scripts 1

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

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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German

Zeimet

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German

Zeldin

“blessed, fortunate, happiness”

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German

Eis

Eis is a surname from German.

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Germanic

Zink

“peak, spike, tooth”

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German

Zuhlke

Zuhlke is a surname from German.

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German

Leifheit

Leifheit is a surname from German.

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German

Deist

Deist is a surname from German.

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Sibling ideas

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