Frequency: (435)
(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): ornamental name from Yiddish mermlshteyn ‘marble’.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 11%; German 6%. Bluma (2), Yehuda (2), Aharon, Ahuva, Aron, Berka, Isidor, Mendy, Naum, Raizy, Sol, Tovia; Armin, Egon, Erwin, Eugen, Frederika, Lothar, Otto.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
