VARIANT SPELLINGS of GERMAN NAMES

Its been repeated many times that English speaking clerks, the writers of public records, spelled the German names by what they heard from the immigrants. The public records are full of variant spellings of a single name, sometime different in the same record. This list is a guide, and by no means  meant to be a final list.

BAUGHMAN    BROTEMARKLE    CRIDER    CRIM     CRONE    DORN   ENTLER    FRUSHOUR     FUNK    GERNHARD    HARTSOCK     HEYSER    HUMRICHOUSE      KAIN     LEMASTER    LICKLIDER    LIGHT    MONG    MYERS    NICHOLS    OLLER    RICKARD    SEIBERT    SHINDLER    SINN    SMALL     SPENGLER    TABLER    TEMPLIN    WEIS    WELCH   WITMER    YEASLEY

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BAUGHMAN

• Bauman      Back to TOP    

BROTEMARKLE

• Brotemarkel, Brotmarkle     Back to TOP

CRIDER

• Greiter (early), Kreider, Krider, Krieder, Kryder      Back to TOP    

CRIM

• Crim, Crimm, Grim, Grimm, Krim, Krimm, Krum

CRONE

• Cron, Cronin (female), Crown, Krohn, Kron, Krone     Back to TOP    

DANNER

• DANER, TANNER     Back to TOP

DORN:

• Dorm, Dorn, Dorne, Dorney, Dorni, Thurne, Thurney, Turney, Turni    Back to TOP    

DUNDOR

• DUNDORE, DUNDORF, DUNDOHR, TUNDOR

ENTLER:

• Antler, Endler, Endlerin (Females), Zendtler    Back to TOP    

FRUSHOUR:

• Froschauer, Froshour, Furshour     Back to TOP    

FUNK:

• Funck     Back to TOP    

GERNHARD:

• Gernhardt      Back to TOP    

HARTSOCK:

• Hartsough, Hartough, HARZOG, HERGET, HERTZOG, HERZOG,      Back to TOP    

HEYSER:

• Heiser, Hyser       Back to TOP    

HUMRICHOUSE:

• Humminghaiser, Hummrichhausser, Hummrighauss, Hummringhaus, Humrichausser, Humrichhauss, Humrichhausser, Humrichhhauss, Humrick, Humrickhouse, Humrighaus, Hungighaus, Ohmerichauser, Ohmericahausser, Omerichaiser, Omerichhass, Omerichaus, Omerichauser, Omerichhauss, Omerichhaussin              Back to TOP    

KAIN

• Kain, Kane, Cain, Cane     Back to TOP

LEMASTER:

• Laumiester, Lemaster, Leimaster, Liemiester, Lemiester, Leymaster, Lymister     Back to TOP    

LICKLIDER:

• Leachlider, Lechlider, Lechleiter, Lechleuter, Lechliter, Lecklider, Lechlighter, Leckliter, Leichleiter, Lichlyter, Lickliter     Back to TOP    

LIGHT:

• Leight      Back to TOP    

MONG:

• Mang      Back to TOP    

MYERS:

• Mayer, Meier, Meyer, Meyers, Miers, Moyer     Back to TOP    

NICHOLS:

• Nicols, Nicholl, Nickolls     Back to TOP    

OLLER:

• Ohler, Oler, Note: the name OLLER in Jefferson Co., VA(WV) was changed to MOLER, but I don't have absolute proof.     Back to TOP    

RICKARD:

• Reichard, Reichardt, Reichart, Reichhardt, Reihhard, Rickart, Rickert, Riechart     Back to TOP    

SEIBERT:

• Seybert, Sibert, Sybert      Back to TOP    

SHINDLER:

• Schindler, Schindlerin (female)     Back to TOP    

SINN:

• Zinn         

SMALL:

• SCHMAHL, SCHMAL, SHMAHL, SHMAL     Back to TOP

SPENGLER:

• Spangler      Back to TOP    

TABLER:

• Daebeler, Debeler, Debler, Dobler, Doebler, Dupler, Taebeler, Tebeler, Tebler, Tobeler , Tupler    Back to TOP    

TEMPLIN:

• Tempel     Back to TOP    

WEIS:

• Weiss     Back to TOP    

WELCH:

• Welsch, Welsh     Back to TOP    

WITMER:

• Whitmer, Whitmer, Witmer, Wittmer      Back to TOP    

YEASLEY:    

• Yiesley     Back to TOP    

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