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SCHNEIDER
- Name Meaning &
Origin
Definition:
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational
name for a tailor, literally ‘cutter’,
from Middle High German snider, German Schneider,
Yiddish shnayder. The same term was sometimes
used to denote a woodcutter. This name is
widespread throughout central and eastern
Europe.
One who made outer garments; a tailor. From
the the German verb "Schneider,"
meaning to cut. SCHNIEDER is another German
variant spelling, while SNYDER, SNIDER,
and SNEIDER are Dutch spellings of this
surname. The spelling SCHNYDER is usually
of Swiss origin.
Surname
Origin: German
Alternate
Surname Spellings: SCHNIEDER, SNYDER, SNIDER,
SNEIDER, SCHNYDER
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