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![Show Contents]() Blumenthal History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
The name Blumenthal is a proud symbol of ancient Jewish culture. Before the late Middle Ages, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. Numerous Jewish surnames are ornamental surnames, which are names that have an ornamental value and are not necessarily related to the localities, occupations, nicknames or given names of the first person that used the name. However, ornamental names were often derived from elements that described locations or features of geography, animals and birds, occupations or personal names. The Ashkenazic Jewish name Blumenthal is an ornamental name derived from the Yiddish word blum and the German word blume, which mean flower. Blumenthal RankingIn the United States, the name Blumenthal is the 8,670th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
 Blumenthal migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Blumenthal Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Isodor Blumenthal, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1832
- Joseph Blumenthal, who settled in Philadelphia in 1837
- Dr. Blumenthal, who landed in Texas in 1845 2
- Mr. F. G. Blumenthal, aged 25, German merchant who arrived in New Orleans in 1846 aboard the ship "Constitution"
- Friedrich Blumenthal, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 2
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| Contemporary Notables of the name Blumenthal (post 1700) | + |
- Werner Michael Blumenthal (b. 1926), American administrator, US Secretary of the Treasury (1977-1979)
- Naftali Blumenthal (1922-2022), Israeli politician, Member of the Knesset for the Alignment from 1981 until 1984
- Antje Blumenthal (b. 1947), German politician
- Ludwig Otto Blumenthal (1876-1944), German mathematician
- Oskar Blumenthal (1853-1917), German journalist, director, and playwright of Berlin
- Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (1810-1900), Prussian field marshal
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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