Jewelry (family name)
Jewelry is a family name.
Word origin
The surname Schmuck, Schmücking, Schmückle, Schmugge and similar can have the following origins according to the literature:
- The name is adopted from Middle High German "smucken / smücken" = duck, hide, nestle, press - or from Middle Low German "smuck" = jewelery, dainty, flexible. For example, this could mean a handsome, slim, pliable or petite person.
- The Swiss name Schmuckli, Schmucki, Schmuckle etc. can also be a nickname for a person with a neck drawn in.
- A patronymic for the old personal name "Smucho" might also be possible.
- The name Schmücker is partly also a professional name (for the feather dresser, braid maker, jewelry maker, etc.).
- (A possible connection jewelry → Schmock should also be checked in individual cases, which in turn can have a different meaning.)
Name bearer
- August Schmuck (1862–1932), tobacco worker and politician (SPD)
- Carsten Schmuck (1968–2019), German chemist
- Christa Schmuck (* 1944), German luge athlete
- Helmut Schmuck (* 1963), Austrian marathon and mountain runner
- Johnny Schmuck (* 1981), German American football player
- Ludwig Schmuck (1892–1945), German politician (NSDAP) and SA leader
- Marcus Schmuck , Austrian mountaineer
- Udo Schmuck (* 1952), German soccer player
- Uta Schmuck (* 1949), German swimmer
- Vincentius Schmuck (1565–1628), German Lutheran theologian and hymn poet
- Werner Schmuck (1899–1940), German politician (NSDAP)
- Wilhelm Schmuck ( Wilhelm Schmuckius ; 1575–1634), Professor of Law in Leipzig