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FormatBook Whole
Author, MonographicBahlow, Hans
Title, MonographicDictionary of German names
Author/Subsidiary, or PerformerGentry, Edda
Author Role 2 or Performer/Directortranslator
Place of PublicationMadison, Wisconsin
PublisherMax Kade Institute for German-American Studies, UW-Madison
Date of Publication1993
Extent of Workxxxix, 641
ISBN0-924119-35-7
AbstractThis is an English-language version of the 1967 publication "Deutsches Namenlexikon." "Namenlexikon" is recognized as Bahlow's most comprehensive and authoritative guide to surnames, with some 15,000 German names catalogued, and their etymological meanings clarified.
NotesHenry Geitz, editor and co-editor of this volume together with Charlotte Brancaforte; book review in yearbook of German-American studies, Vol. 30, 1995, pp. 144-146 ; book, in MadCat. ; 3 c.: 2 in subj. coll., 1 in gen.
Call NumberMKI/MEM CS 2541 .B34 1993
MKI TermsDictionaries/ German Americans -- Genealogy