Steinfeld (family name)
Steinfeld / Steinfeldt is a family name that is common throughout Germany and Austria . In addition, the name also came to today's USA etc. via emigrants .
meaning
- The name is derived as a name of origin from the numerous localities called Steinfeld (or Steenfeld in Low German ).
- The name is derived as a residential name from designations for corridors with stony, barren terrain.
Variants & Distribution
The widespread use of the name - in areas with different / changing languages (e.g. Low German , Dutch , Standard German ) has led to several variants, most of which are quite rare:
- Steinfeld (about three times more common than the variant with German ; fairly evenly distributed throughout Germany)
- Steinfeldt (distribution focus in north and north-east Germany)
- The Steinfelt variant can only be proven historically in the German-speaking area - however, it has e.g. B. obtained in the USA.
The name is of the same origin and meaning
- Stone fields
In the course of time, the Low German variants of the name often changed into High German forms (change between "e" and "i" - from "Steen-" became "Stein-") - these are rare today. These variants also occur in Denmark and the Netherlands .
- Steenfeldt ( smoothed form: Stenfeldt )
- Steenfeld ( smoothed form: Stenfeld )
- Steenfelt
In the Netherlands there are variants (with ndl. "-Veld" instead of German "-feld"):
- Steenveldt
- Steenveld
- Steenvelt
- Steinveld
Well-known namesake
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Steinfeld
- Chris Steinfeld (* 1959), American sailor
- Franz Steinfeld the Younger (1787–1868), Austrian landscape painter
- Franz von Steinfeld (1828–1875), Prussian major general
- Gerhard Steinfeld (1769–1846), German pastor and local researcher
- Hailee Steinfeld (* 1996), American actress
- Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld (* 1951), Norwegian journalist and historian
- Henning Steinfeld (* 1957), German politician
- Hermann Joseph von Steinfeld (* around 1150, † 1241 or 1252), Catholic saint and mystic
- Jesse Leonard Steinfeld (1927-2014), American doctor
- Julius Steinfeld (1884–1974), Austrian escape helper
- Justin Steinfeld (1886–1970), German writer
- Thomas Steinfeld (* 1954), German journalist and writer
- Ulrich von Steinfeld († 1170), provost of the Premonstratensian monastery in Steinfeld in the Eifel from around 1152 to 1170
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Steinfeldt
- Albert Jacob Steinfeldt (1741–1815), musician and composer in Hamburg (father of Jacob Steinfeldt)
- Heinrich Steinfeldt (1892–1955), German SPD politician
- Jacob Steinfeldt (1788–1869), musician in Hamburg
- Luca Steinfeldt (* 1996), German soccer player