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Bernstein

in Illinois

There are 730 people with the last name "Bernstein" in Illinois.

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Bernstein 1,462
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  1. is 1,458th most common Milton
  2. is 1,459th most common Schuler
  3. is 1,460th most common Crockett
  4. is 1,461st most common Sweet
  5. is 1,462nd most common Bernstein
  6. is 1,463rd most common Blum
  7. is 1,464th most common Cavanaugh
  8. is 1,465th most common Christiansen
  9. is 1,466th most common Manley

Similar Names and Nicknames

Bernard, Bernal, Bernier, Bernhardt, Bernardo, Berndt, Berner, Bernhard, Bernardi, Berns

Most Common First Names for Bernstein

Robert, David, Lawrence, Mark, Richard, Steven, Charles, Gary, James, Larry

Meaning & History

Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Bernstein ‘amber’ (from Middle Low German bernen ‘to burn’+ stēn ‘stone’; it was thought to be created by burning, although it is in fact fossilized pine resin).

German: habitational name from a place named Bernstein, of which there is one example in Bavaria and another in what used to be East Prussia (now Pełczyce in northwestern Poland). Both of these probably get their German names from the notion of a ‘burnt stone’, for example in brick making, rather than from the usual modern meaning, ‘amber’. The name may also be derived from Bärenstein, a common field and place name, especially in Bavaria and Austria.

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): in some cases perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a craftsman or dealer in amber.

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