Oscar niemeyer jewish names

Oscar niemeyer jewish names for girls!

Talk:Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer is a former featured article candidate. Please view the links under Article milestones below to see why the nomination was archived.

Oscar niemeyer famous buildings

For older candidates, please check the archive.

Article milestones
DateProcessResult
August 24, 2004Featured article candidateNot promoted
A news item involving this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "In the news" column on December 5, 2012.

Niemeyer may be Jewish or not.

His surname is a rural, agricultural, and quite common German name meaning new meyer. A meyer was a medieval administrator of agricultural land, appointed by the local nobleman. I do not see why this name should be classifed as Jewish German. 99.9% of all Niemeyers are not Jewish, and the name also has none of the characteristics typical for Jewish German names.

Neither does it have a colorful intrinsic meaning (like Loewenstein), nor is it connected to Hebrew or specifi