American Family Name Origins:
Blumenthal
Frequency: (2134)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) and Swedish: ornamental name composed of German Blumen ‘flowers’ + Thal (now spelled Tal) ‘valley’.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 4%; German 4%. Chana (2), Isidor (2), Sol (2), Ari, Hyman, Hymen, Irit, Isadore, Meyer, Myer, Shula, Smadar; Erwin (3), Kurt (3), Manfred (3), Horst (2), Benno, Bernhard, Bernhardt, Gerd, Gerda, Gitta, Inge, Lothar.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
