Witter
Witter is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
Witter: 1. Family name derived from the old German nickname Widher / Wither (widu + heri) . 2. Job name to mnd. witten "whiten, whitewash" for whitewashers. 3. Job transfer name to mnd. witten "boil white, determine the fineness of gold and silver" for the Münzer.
Name bearer
Witter is the family name of the following people:
- Andre Witter , German rapper, stage name Vega , see Vega (rapper)
- Ben Witter (1920–1993), German journalist and writer
- Frank Witter (Manager) (* 1959), German economist
- Frank Witter (actor) (* 1970), German actor
- Henning Bernhard Witter (1683–1715), German theologian
- Hermann Witter (1916–1991), German forensic psychiatrist
- Junior Witter (* 1974), British boxer
- Mathias Witter (unknown), German ski jumper
- Michael Witter (* 1951), German diplomat
- Wilhelm Witter (1866–1949), German metalworking engineer and prehistoric researcher
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ DUDEN, surnames, Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Leipzig - Vienna - Zurich, 2005, p. 728 f.