Apter
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Apter (אַפּטער, Аптер) is a Jewish surname meaning "someone from Apta (Opatów)".[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Andrew Apter (born 1956), American historian and anthropologist
- Bill Apter (born 1945), journalist
- David Apter (1924–2010), American political scientist
- Nikolai Apter, former pair skater
- Yakov Natanovich Apter, Soviet graphic artist
See also
- Apta (Hasidic dynasty), a Hasidic dynasty
References
- ↑ Guggenheimer, Heinrich Walter; Guggenheimer, Eva Auguste Horowitz (1992). Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary. Hoboken, N.J: KTAV Publishing House. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-88125-297-2. OCLC 25093664. Retrieved 6 April 2019.