Translation of German Surnames
The following is a list of German surnames and their English equivalents. Names were changed by direct translation, by spelling the word in English the way it sounded or by modifying the word.
The German "e;B"e; was often changed to "e;V"e;, "e;I"e; was changed to "e;Y"e;, "e;K"e; to "e;C"e;, "e;KI"e; or "e;LICH"e; to "e;LEY"e;, "e;SCH"e; to "e;SH"e; or "e;S"e; and "e;U"e; to "e;OO"e;.
English - German
Albright - Albrecht
Ault - Alt
Blair, Bare - Baer
Baker - Becker
Barger - Berger
Barnhart - Bernhard
Baugh - Bach
Baugher - Bacher
Baughman - Bacher
Beam - Boehm
Bean - Behn
Beaver - Bieber
Betts - Betz
Bishop - Bischof
Black - Schwarz
Bordner - Portner
Bowers. Farmer - Bauer
Bowman - Baumann
Boyer - Beyer
Brickner - Bruckner
Bridenbaugh - Breitenbach
Brown - Braun
Brubaker - Brupbacher
Carpenter - Zimmerman
Carver - Gerber
Cline, Kline - Klein
Clouse - Klause
Cooper - Bottcher
Cramer, Kramer - Kraemer
Cripps - Krebs
Culp - Kalb
Derr - Durr
Earhart - Ehrhard
Eshelman - Eschlimann
Everhart - Eberhard
Fair - Fehr
Farmer, Bowers - Bauer
Fate - Veit
Focht - Vogt
Fogel, Fogle - Vogel
Fox - Fuchs
Frailey, Fraley - Frohlich
Frederick - Friedrich
Free - Fuehre, Fery
Fry - Frey
Fulmer - Volmar
Gairing, Gehrig - Gehring, Goring
Cering - Goering
Gardner - Gaertner
Gase - Gos, Goes
Good, Goode - Gut, Guth
Hafer - Hofer, Hoefer
Haines - Haintz
Harmann - Hermann
Hartzell - Hirtzel
Henry - Heinrich
Hines - Heintz
Hoover - Huber
Hostetter - Hofstetter
Hunter, Yeager - Jager
Johns - Tschantz
Kale - Kehl
Keen - Kuhn
Kerr - Kurrer
Kimmel - Kummel
King - Konig
Kingseed - Konigsamen
Kinsey - Kunzi
Kline, Cline - Klein
Knisely - Kneissli
Kramer, Cramer - Kraemer
Lease - Liess
Little, Small - Klein
Leibengood, Livingood - Lebengut
Long - Lang
Mayer, Myers - Meyer
Mercer - Musser
Merrersmith - Messerschmidt
Miller - Muller
Mishler - Miswchler
Moore - Mohr
Myers, Mayer - Meyer
Newman - Neumann
Ney - Neu
Nissley - Nussli
Oakely - Eichli
Overholt - Oberholtzer
Peiffer, Pfeifer, Piper - Pfeiffe
Prince - Printz
Reeser, Reser - Riese
Rehrig - Rohrig
Reinhold, Reynolds - Reinoehl
Rhoads, Rhode, Rood - Roth
Rice - Reiss
Richards - Reichert
Reinhart, Rinehart - Reinhard
Saylor - Seiler
Shepherd - Schaffer
Shertz - Schertz
Shoemaker - Schumacher
Shimer - Schaumer
Shnavely - Schnaebeli
Sholes, Sholtz, Shulz, Shultz - Schultz
Slagel - Schlegel
Slaymaker - Schleiermacher
Small, Little - Klein
Smyser - Schmeisser
Snaveley - Schnaebeli
Snell - Schnell
Souders - Sauter
Sowers - Sauer
Spangler - Spengler
Staley - Staheli
Stine, Stone - Stein
Stoner - Steiner
Strasbaugh, Strausbaugh - Strasbach
Sweigert - Schweiger
Swope - Schwab
Taylor - Schneider
Troxell - Trachsel
Turner - Dreher
Tyson - Theissen
Wanamaker - Wannemacher
Weaver - Weber
Welty - Walti
Werts, Wertz - Wirtz
Whitman - Widmann
Wiant, Wyant - Weiand
William, Williams - Wilhelm
Witmer, Whitmer - Widmer
Yeager, Hunter - Jager
Yoder - Yost
Young - Jung
Zarcher, Zercher, Zirger - Zurcher
Zook - Zug