Einstein ( ; ) : 1. German : habitation name from various places named with a Middle High German derivative of the verb einsteinen ‘ to enclose, surround with stone ’. 2. Jewish (Ashkenazic) : adaptation of the German name  or else an ornamental name using the ending -stein ‘stone’ .Modified from P. Hanks, F. Hodges: A dictionary of surnames, New York/Oxford, 1997, Oxford University Press.
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P. Hanks, F. Hodges: A dictionary of surnames, New York/Oxford, 1997, Oxford University Press.