Brettschneider
Brettschneider is a German surname.
Brett means "dimensional lumber" and Schneider means "tailor".
In another derivation, a "Brettschneider" (lit. 'board cutter') is a sawmiller who is cutting wood into boards, for example in a sawmill.[1]
The surname is commonly found among Jewish families, with many Jewish Brettschneiders originating from Galicia, Romania, and surrounding regions of present-day Ukraine.[2][3][4][5]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Blake Brettschneider (born 1989), American soccer player
- Carl Brettschneider (1931–2014), American football player
See also
- Bretschneider, a variant spelling
References
- ↑ "Brettschneider". namenforschung.net (in German).
- ↑ "Surnames in Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames". Avotaynu, Inc.
- ↑ "Shoah Names Database". Yad Vashem: The World Holocaust Remembrance Center.
- ↑ "Struma: A Romanian Tragedy". Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture.
- ↑ "The Brettschneiders: Collaborative Research on a Galician Family". Gesher Galicia.