Morgenthaler

Morgenthaler is a family name from the German-speaking area.

origin

The family name Morgenthaler probably arose from the description of the place of origin of people, whereby the th from the old spelling of the word valley was retained. If one takes into account the spread of the name in Europe and worldwide as well as the Swiss places in which people with the family name Morgenthaler have their hometown , it can be concluded that the name originated in Switzerland (regions Emmental , Oberaargau , Aargau ) or in the southern German Rhineland.

distribution

The name is mainly used in Switzerland (with an accumulation in the cantons of Bern and Aargau) and in Germany (with an accumulation in the southern German Rhineland); through emigration also in France, in the USA and in other countries.

variants

• Mergenthaler
• Murgenthaler
• Morgenthal
• Morning coins

Name bearer

• Anders Morgenthaler , Danish cartoonist and filmmaker
• Andrea Morgenthaler (* 1957), German director and screenwriter
• Bernhard Morgenthaler (* 1987), Austrian soccer player
• Christoph Morgenthaler (* 1946), Swiss Reformed theologian, psychologist and university professor
• Clemens Morgenthaler (* 1973), German bass baritone
• Ernst Morgenthaler (1887–1962), Swiss painter, husband of Sasha Morgenthaler
• Fritz Morgenthaler (manufacturer) (? –1938), Swiss billiard manufacturer
• Fritz Morgenthaler (1919–1984), Swiss doctor, psychoanalyst, ethnologist and artist
• Gerd Morgenthaler (* 1962), German legal scholar
• Hans Morgenthaler (1890–1928), Swiss poet
• Hans Morgenthaler (politician) (1916–1993), Swiss politician (BGB)
• Hans Morgenthaler (writer) (* 1944), German writer
• Jürg Morgenthaler (* 1953), Swiss jazz musician
• Laura Morgenthaler García (* 1979), German literary scholar
• Max Morgenthaler (1901–1980), food chemist, and his research team developed water-soluble instant coffee for Nestlé
• Niklaus Morgenthaler (1853–1928), Swiss engineer and politician
• Otto Morgenthaler (1886–1973), Swiss bee researcher
• Patricia Morgenthaler (* 1972), German designer and non-fiction author
• Robert Morgenthaler (* 1952), Swiss jazz musician
• Sasha Morgenthaler (1893–1975), graphic artist, painter, creator of the Sasha dolls
• Walter Morgenthaler (1882–1965), Swiss psychiatrist
• Wendelin Morgenthaler (1888–1963), German politician (CDU)
• Reto Morgenthaler (* 1966), Swiss psychologist

Web links

• International Morgenthaler website

Individual evidence

1. ^ "World Family Names" part of the PublicProfiler page