STIEFEL

Stiefel is a metonymic occupational surname. The name literally means "boot". Notable people with the surname include:

Anja Stiefel, Swiss retired ice hockey forward
Arnold Stiefel
Eduard Stiefel (1909–1978), Swiss mathematician
Ethan Stiefel (born 1973), American ballet dancer
Frank Stiefel
Jürgen Stiefel
Ernst C. Stiefel
Moritz Stiefel, lead male role in the 1891 play and 2006 Spring Awakening (musical).

v t e Surnames associated with the occupations of cobbler / shoemaker / cordwainer
Celtic	Quéré Gracie, Grassie, Grassick
Germanic	DeSutter/De Sutter, DeZuter, DeZutter, De Zutter Scheemaeckers, Schoenmaker, Schoenmakers Schumacher, Schuhmacher, Schuhmann, Schumaker, Shoemaker, Schoemaker, Schoeman, Schoomaker, Shoemark, Schuster, Shuster (from Schuster), Schumann, Shuman, Shumann, Stiefel, Stiefl, Stifel
Romance	Surnames ultimately from Latin "sutor": Suter, Sutter, Souter, Sauter, Sutar, Soutar, Souttar Sutor De Soto, DeSoto, de Soto, Desoto Scarpa, Scarponi, Calzolaro, Callegari, Calligaris, Calegari, Chaucer, Zangari Cordonnier, Courvoisier, Corvaisier, Le Sueur, Sabatier Crispino Sapateiro, Zapatero Ciubotaru, Ciubotariu (borrowing from Slavic)
Slavic	Chebotar, Chebotaryov (Tschebotarioff), Chebotarenko Cizmar/Čizmar/Čižmár/Čižman Łatacz Sapozhnikov Shvets, Shevchenko, Shevchuk, Shevtsov, Shautsov, Švec, Ševčík (Sevcik, Shevchik), Szewczyk, Sheuchyk Šuštar (from Schuster) Szydło Kopitar
Other	from סנדלר; "sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Sandler / Sendler, Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia

v t e Surnames associated with the occupations of cobbler / shoemaker / cordwainer
Celtic	Quéré Gracie, Grassie, Grassick
Germanic	DeSutter/De Sutter, DeZuter, DeZutter, De Zutter Scheemaeckers, Schoenmaker, Schoenmakers Schumacher, Schuhmacher, Schuhmann, Schumaker, Shoemaker, Schoemaker, Schoeman, Schoomaker, Shoemark, Schuster, Shuster (from Schuster), Schumann, Shuman, Shumann, Stiefel, Stiefl, Stifel
Romance	Surnames ultimately from Latin "sutor": Suter, Sutter, Souter, Sauter, Sutar, Soutar, Souttar Sutor De Soto, DeSoto, de Soto, Desoto Scarpa, Scarponi, Calzolaro, Callegari, Calligaris, Calegari, Chaucer, Zangari Cordonnier, Courvoisier, Corvaisier, Le Sueur, Sabatier Crispino Sapateiro, Zapatero Ciubotaru, Ciubotariu (borrowing from Slavic)
Slavic	Chebotar, Chebotaryov (Tschebotarioff), Chebotarenko Cizmar/Čizmar/Čižmár/Čižman Łatacz Sapozhnikov Shvets, Shevchenko, Shevchuk, Shevtsov, Shautsov, Švec, Ševčík (Sevcik, Shevchik), Szewczyk, Sheuchyk Šuštar (from Schuster) Szydło Kopitar
Other	from סנדלר; "sandal-maker": HaSandlar, Sandler / Sendler, Skujenieks Suutari Kingsepp Varga Csizmadia

See also