German-American Names. 3rd Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780806317649)

This is an A-Z dictionary of German-American names, giving spellings, meanings, and variants of about 18,000 names. This third edition of his acclaimed "German-American Names" is longer than the earlier editions and has several thousand more entries. Like the earlier editions, it attempts to explain the meaning of names borne today by Americans which derive from the German language or its dialects. Moreover, it deals with the Americanization of some of those names, explaining the social and historical phenomena that contributed to the distinctive character of German-American names. And it deals as well with names many of us would never have thought of as German.

Author: George F. Jones
ISBN-10: 0806317647
ISBN-13: 9780806317649
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2000
Pages: 364
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2006 pg. 137
Rec Ref Bks for Small/Med Libr 01/01/2007 pg. 79
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2007 pg. 148