Arrester (surname)
Ableiter is an Austrian (Tyrol) family name that is also common in Germany. The name also occurs in the USA through emigration .
Origin and meaning
The name is a locality or farm name for someone who lives on a mountain slope (mhd. Lite).
variants
Well-known namesake
- Walter Ableiter (1922–1993), German hotelier and member of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Bahlow: Deutsches Namenlexikon, Gondrom Verlag, Bindlach, 1990, ISBN 3-8112-0294-4
Web links
To distribute the surname in Germany, enter the name in Geogen:
- http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/v3/ or directly at verwandt.de:
- http://www.verwandt.de/karten/absolut/ableiter.html
To distribute names in the USA, enter names here: