Finkelstein (
Hebrew: פֿינק(ע)לשׁטײַן or פינקלשׁט(י)ין,
Russian: Финкельштейн) is a
German and
Yiddish surname originating from
Old High Germanfunko (spark) and stein (stone).[1]
Fünkelstein meant
pyrite (George J. Adler, A Dictionary of the German and English Languages, 1848).
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
Abraham Finkelstein alias
Arthur Fields (1884–1953), American singer and songwriter
Amy Finkelstein (born 1973), American professor of economics
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surnameFinkelstein. If an
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Finkelstein (
Hebrew: פֿינק(ע)לשׁטײַן or פינקלשׁט(י)ין,
Russian: Финкельштейн) is a
German and
Yiddish surname originating from
Old High Germanfunko (spark) and stein (stone).[1]
Fünkelstein meant
pyrite (George J. Adler, A Dictionary of the German and English Languages, 1848).
Notable people
Notable people with the surname include:
Abraham Finkelstein alias
Arthur Fields (1884–1953), American singer and songwriter
Amy Finkelstein (born 1973), American professor of economics
This page lists people with the
surnameFinkelstein. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.