Morgenstern
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Morgenstern is a Germanic surname meaning morning star. The surname does not have Jewish origin but comes from a line of German aristocracy later losing title and or money due to squander or marriage. Morgenstern religious affiliations from 1585 to 1900 in Germany are: 80% Protestant; 18% Catholic; 1% Jewish. The name first appears in Anhalt-Saxony.
Persons with the surname Morgenstern:
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- Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914), German poet
- Christian Morgenstern (musician) (1975–2003), German musician
- Barbara Morgenstern (born 1971), German musician
- Dan Morgenstern (born 1929)
- Lina Morgenstern (1830–1909)
- Maia Morgenstern (born 1962)
- Oskar Morgenstern (1902–1977)
- Ralf Morgenstern (born 1955)
- Soma Morgenstern (1890–1976), Galician Jewish German language writer
- Susie Morgenstern, French child book writer
- Thomas Morgenstern (born 1986), Austrian skiier
- Rabbi Menachem Mendel Morgenstern of Kotzk (1787–1859), Hasidic leader
- Morgenstern, a music project
- Morgenstern is also the German name for a mêlée weapon consisting of a wooden stick with a spiked metal ball at its end (similar in use to a mace); in some variations, stick and ball may be linked by a chain (see: flail). The concept and name are analog to that of a morning star.
- "Morgenstern", a song by the German band Rammstein
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