Heuberger
Hejberger, Heyberger, Hoyberger, Hoiberger, Heyperger, Heyberg, Heuberg and von Heuberg are variants of the same surname derived from the surname Heuberger, a Topographic surname of Austrian and Ashkenazi Jewish origin, composed of the Middle High German "höu" (hay) + "berg" (mountain), literally meaning "High Mountaineer". More often than not, those with the surname had an ancestor who lived in a place called Heuberg, of which there are several in both Austria and Germany.[1][2]
Amongst Germans and Austrians
The earliest mention of someone bearing a variant of the surname Heuberger is the noble women Sophia von Heuberg (born c. 1200) who lived in Cologne, Germnay.[3] The second earliest mention is Conrad Heyperger (1271-1318), the progenitor of the noble Heyperger Family.[4] The surname is most common amongst Austrians, many of whom (but not all) descend from the Heyperger Family. Those who do commonly bare the surnames Heyberger, Heyperger, von Heyperger, von Heuberg, Heyberger von Pankirchen and sometimes Heuberger.[1]
Amongst Jews
The surname is also quite common amongst Ashkenazi Jews, many of whom descend from Kalonymos of Heuberg, from whom the family derives the surname. Ashkenazi Jews often bare the surnames Heuberger, Hejberger, Hoiberger, Heuberg and Hoyberger (Yiddish: הויברגר or הויבערגער). [5]
Heuberger
Notable people with the surname Heuberger include:
- Ivo Heuberger (born 1976), Swiss tennis player
- Martin Heuberger (born 1964), German handball player
- Rami Heuberger (born 1963), Israeli actor
- Renat Heuberger (born 1976), Swiss businessman
- Richard Heuberger (1850–1914), Austrian composer
- Robert Heuberger (born 1922), Swiss businessman
Heyperger
Notable people with the surname Heyperger include:
- Leopold Heyperger (born c.1504), Austrian noble and Ferdinand I's treasurer
- Karl Heyperger (born c. 1553) Viennese aristocrat
See also
- 82232 Heuberger, main-belt asteroid
- Heuberg (disambiguation), several places called Heuberg
- Heuberg Castle, built 1110 by the Counts of Sulzbach
References
- ^ a b Wißgrill, Franz K. (1800). Schauplatz des landsässigen Niederösterr. Adels.
- ^ "Heuberger Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
- ^ "Sophia von Heuberg". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
- ^ Bergmann, Joseph (1844). Medaillen auf berühmte und ausgezeichnete Männer des oesterreichischen Kaiserstaates vom XVI. bis zum XIX. Jahrhunderte (in German). Tendler & Schaefer.
- ^ "Rabbi Kalonymos Joseph ben Yoel of Heuberg". Retrieved 2020-06-15.
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