New (family name)
A German family name is new .
Origin and meaning
New is a nickname for Middle High German niuwe , which translated means new for the new settler. It was first mentioned in 1300 (" Irmingard dicta Niuwin zu Markgröningen "). With around 7735 people living in Germany, Neu is the 490th most common name. An accumulation can be seen in Bavaria , North Rhine-Westphalia , Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland . Variants of the name are Nei , New and Ney .
Name bearer
- Alexander Neu (* 1969), German politician (Die Linke)
- Alfred Neu (1871–1969), German lawyer and politician (SPD, SED)
- Andrea Neu (* 1990), American beauty queen
- Andreas von Neu (1734–1803), Austrian field marshal lieutenant, baron
- Andreas von Neu (1787–1840), Austrian major general and brigadier in Laibach
- Anne Neu , American politician
- Anton Wilhelm Neu (1879–1949), German painter and draftsman
- Arthur A. Neu (1933–2015), American politician
- Bobby Neu (1917–1971), American basketball player
- Christine Schnell-Neu (* 1950), German radio play speaker and actress, see Christine Schnell
- Claudia Neu (* 1967), German sociologist and university lecturer
- Erich Neu (1936–1999), German university professor and linguist ( Hittitology , Indo-European studies )
- Gábor Neu (* 1981), Hungarian judoka
- Hein-Direck Neu (1944-2017), German discus thrower
- Heinrich Neu (1906–1976), German historian and university professor
- Herbert Neu (1921–1995), German politician (FDP)
- Hubert Neu (* 1953), German soccer coach
- Irmela Neu , German Romance studies and university lecturer
- Jim Neu (1943-2010), American playwright
- Johann Christian Neu (1668–1720), German professor of history and philology and rector at the University of Tübingen
- Ludwig Neu (1849–1896), German architect
- Matthias Neu (* 1960), German business economist and university lecturer
- Matthias Alexander Neu (* 1974), German illusionist and magician, see Marc & Alex
- Mike Neu (* 1978), American baseball player
- Otto Neu (1894–1932), American baseball player
- Paul Neu (1881–1940), German artist
- Paul Neu (wrestler) (born 1966), American wrestler
- Rainer Neu (* 1950), German theologian
- Renate Neu , German rower
- Roswitha Neu-Kock (* 1946), German art historian
- Rudolf Neu (* 1961), German physicist
- Sonsee Neu (* 1973), German actress
- Steffi Neu (* 1971), German radio presenter
- Till Neu (* 1943), German painter
- Viola Neu (* 1964), German political scientist
- Walter Neu (* 1959), German physicist and university professor
See also
literature
- Jürgen Udolph, Sebastian Fitzek, Robert Fischer: Professor Udolph's Book of Names: Where They Come From. What they mean. , C. Bertelsmann Verlag, December 9, 2005, ISBN 3570008797 .