Stern (surname)

Stern is a surname which can be of either German/Yiddish or English language origin, though the former case predominates.

The English version of the surname was used as a nickname for someone who was strict, austere, harsh, or stern in character.[1] The German/Yiddish word Stern means "star".

People with the family name

Variant surnames

  • Davor Štern (born 1947), former Minister of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship in the Croatian Government, businessman and entrepreneur
  • Grigory Shtern (1900–1941), Soviet military commander
  • Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (born 1962), Jewish early modern historian and philologist

Other uses

  • Jon Stern, Daniel Holden's Justice Row attorney in Rectify
  • Stern family, a prominent banking family

See also

References

  1. "Surnames: Stern". Behind the Names.
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