Show ContentsLiebermann History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The prestigious surname Liebermann comes from the ancient Jewish culture. This surname is a nickname surname, which comes from the broad category of hereditary surnames. In the Middle Ages, it became necessary to adopt a second name, or surname, because people were moving closer together in towns and cities, and it was becoming difficult to identify people with the same first names. The surname Liebermann is a nickname, which comes from the Yiddish word lib, which means dear or beloved. It was generally given to someone who was amiable.


United States Liebermann migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Liebermann Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Jacob Liebermann, who landed in Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Dyle Sommes" 1
  • August Liebermann, who landed in Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Dyle Sommes" 1
  • Eleanora Liebermann, who arrived in New York, NY in 1850 1
  • Lorenz Liebermann, who arrived in St Clair County, III in 1860 1
  • Tobias Liebermann, who settled in Philadelphia in 1876

Contemporary Notables of the name Liebermann (post 1700) +

  • Felix Liebermann (1851-1925), German legal historian
  • Max Liebermann (1847-1935), German painter and etcher who is said to have done for his country what Millet did for France. He became the leader of the Secession from the academy in Berlin, and in 1884 became the president of that academy


  1. 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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