Frequency: (1383)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for an ironworker, smith, or ironmonger, from an agent derivative of Middle High German īsen and German Eisen ‘iron’ (see Eisen).
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 5%. Chaskel (2), Emanuel (2), Gadi (2), Shlomit (2), Yaffa (2), Arie, Batya, Chaya, Dov, Heshy, Hyman, Mayer.
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