Rothenburger History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Israel

Etymology of Rothenburger

What does the name Rothenburger mean?

The surname Rothenburger is a habitation name, from the broad category of hereditary surnames, which are derived from place names. In this case, the surname Rothenburger is derived from any of a number of places so called in Germany. The name Rothenburger derives from the Yiddish 'broyt,' which means red, and the German word 'berg,' which means hill. This was an ornamental surname for someone who lived near the red hill. Although it may have been a surname for someone who lived near some type of red hill, in general, this was ornamental in nature.

In this case, the surname Rothenburger is derived from any of a number of places so called in Germany. There is a town in Germany called Rothenberg, and in Poland there is a town called Roytbarg in Yiddish.

Rothenburger Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rothenberg, Rottenberg, Rotenberg, Routenberg, Rothenberger, Rothberg, Rutberg, Reitberg and many more.

Rothenburger migration to the United States +

Rothenburger Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Johannes Rothenburger, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1754 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Rothenburger (post 1700) +

Christa Luding- Rothenburger (b. 1959), née Rothenburger, a German two-time gold and silver medalist speed skater and track cyclist, active in the 1980s and 1990s; the only athlete to win Winter and Summer Olympic medals in the same year (1988)

Sources +

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)