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Weiner is a surname originating in the German language
. The name is related to Wagner
and means the same (Wheelwright
) in an old variant of the German dialect in Lower Silesia
.
In the 18th and 19th centuries some Jews adopted the name (which means "wine merchant
" in Yiddish). (see also German family name etymology
) The name is common among German Americans.
Weiner may refer to:
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. The name is related to Wagner
Wagner (disambiguation)
-Given name:*Wagner Pereira Cardozo , Brazilian football player and coach*Wagner Diniz , Brazilian football player*Wagner Ferreira dos Santos , Brazilian football player*Wagner Günter P...
and means the same (Wheelwright
Wheelwright
A wheelwright is a person who builds or repairs wheels. The word is the combination of "wheel" and the archaic word "wright", which comes from the Old English word "wryhta", meaning a worker or maker...
) in an old variant of the German dialect in Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia
Lower Silesia ; is the northwestern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Upper Silesia is to the southeast.Throughout its history Lower Silesia has been under the control of the medieval Kingdom of Poland, the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy from 1526...
.
In the 18th and 19th centuries some Jews adopted the name (which means "wine merchant
Vintner
A vintner is a wine merchant. You pronounce it like this In some modern use, in particular in American English, the term is alsoused as a synonym for winemaker....
" in Yiddish). (see also German family name etymology
German family name etymology
German family names were introduced during the late Middle Ages in the German language area. Usually, such family names are derived from nicknames. In etymology, they are generally classified into four groups, based on the origin of a nickname: given names, job designations, bodily attributes, and...
) The name is common among German Americans.
Weiner may refer to:
- Adam WeinerAdam WeinerAdam Weiner is a Polish handball goalkeeper, member of the Polish National Handball Team and silver medalist at the 2007 World Men's Handball Championship. Weiner until 1999 played in Wybrzeże Gdańsk, then moved to Germany and initially played for SV Anhalt Bernburg, later changing to...
(born 1975), Polish handball goalkeeper - Allan WeinerAllan WeinerAllan H. Weiner is a long-time pirate radio operator and activist. Weiner is currently the owner/operator of WBCQ, a licensed shortwave station broadcasting from Monticello, Maine, and also owns AM radio station WXME and FM radio station WBCQ-FM in Monticello.- The Falling Star Radio Network...
(born 1953), American radio broadcast campaigner - Allen WeinerAllen WeinerAllen S. Weiner, former Stanford Professor of International Law, is a senior lecturer in International Law at Stanford Law School, and co-director of the Stanford Program in International and Comparative Law and the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation.-Awards:*State Department...
, former Stanford Professor of International Law - Andrew WeinerAndrew WeinerAndrew Weiner is a Canadian science fiction writer. He was born in London, England and later emigrated to Canada. To date he has written four books and over forty short stories.-Short story collections:...
(born 1949), Canadian science fiction writer - Anthony Weiner (born 1964), American politician
- Arnold M. WeinerArnold M. WeinerArnold M. Weiner is an American lawyer in Maryland who represented former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, former Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel and former United States Representative Edward Garmatz...
, American lawyer in Maryland - Art WeinerArt WeinerArt Weiner played American football as All American end at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1946-1949....
(born 1926), American football player - Ben WeinerBen WeinerBen Weiner is an American contemporary artist. Represented by Mark Moore Gallery in Los Angeles and Benrimon Contemporary in New York, he lives and works in Queens, NY....
(born 1980), American contemporary artist - Bernie WeinerBernie WeinerBernard Morris "Bernie" Weiner was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for two seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers.-References:...
, American football player - Bernard WeinerBernard WeinerBernard Weiner is a cognitive psychologist who is known for developing a form of attribution theory that explains the emotional and motivational entailments of academic success and failure. Bernard Weiner got interested in the field of attribution after first studying achievement motivation...
(born 1935), American psychologist - Charles R. WeinerCharles R. WeinerCharles R. Weiner was a United States federal judge and former member of the Pennsylvania Senate.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Weiner was in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. He thereafter received an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1947, an LL.B....
(1922–2005), United States federal judge - Dan WeinerDan WeinerDan Weiner was an American photojournalist, working largely for Fortune magazine. Weiner specialized in photographs of America at work.-Biography:Weiner was born in New York City in 1919...
(1919–1959), American photojournalist - Dave WeinerDave WeinerDave Weiner is an American guitarist, most widely known for being one of Steve Vai's touring guitarists. He also posts instructional videos, called the "Riff of the Week", every Wednesday on YouTube, iTunes and his own website, he also gives online lessons.- Joining Steve Vai :Weiner first joined...
(born 1976), American guitarist - David WeinerDavid WeinerDavid Weiner is a Contributing Editor at the Huffington Post. He was formerly the New York Editor and Blog Editor for the site.As a Huffington Post blogger, Weiner broke the "Recipegate" scandal in which Senator John McCain's wife, Cindy McCain, was found to have plagiarized "family recipes" for...
, a Contributing Editor at the Huffington Post - Edmund WeinerEdmund WeinerEdmund Weiner was co-editor of the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary and Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary...
(born 1950), British lexicographer - Egon WeinerEgon WeinerEgon Weiner was a Chicago sculptor and longtime professor at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was known for a abstract bronze sculpture, , which can be found on the grounds of the Chicago Fire Academy on the where, legend has it, Mrs...
(1906–1987), sculptor and professor - Ehud Weiner (changed name to Ehud Manor) (1941–2005), Israeli songwriter, translator, and radio and TV personality
- Ellis WeinerEllis WeinerEllis Weiner is an author and humorist who has previously worked as an editor of National Lampoon and a columnist for Spy Magazine. His humor has also appeared in The New Yorker, Paris Review, and the New York Times Magazine....
, American author and humorist - Eric WeinerEric WeinerEric Weiner is a longtime correspondent for National Public Radio. He spent a decade overseas for NPR, based in New Delhi, Jerusalem and Tokyo. Weiner is also the author of The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World...
, American author and NPR correspondent - Erik WeinerErik WeinerErik Weiner is an American actor, comedian, and writer best known for co-creating the play The Bomb-itty of Errors and his role as Agent Sebso on HBO's Boardwalk Empire.-Biography:...
(born 1977), American actor, comedian, and writer - Ernst WeinerErnst WeinerErnst Josef Albert Weiner was a German SS Hauptsturmführer during World War II, most noted for his role in the Sicherheitspolizei in Norway during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....
(1913–1945), a German SS Hauptsturmführer during World War II - Gerry WeinerGerry WeinerGerald "Gerry" Weiner, PC is a Canadian politician.A pharmacist educated at McGill University and the Université de Montréal, Weiner entered local politics and eventually became mayor of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Quebec...
(born 1933), Canadian politician - Greg WeinerGreg WeinerGreg Weiner is a professional photographer well-known for his erotic images of nude male models. Greg has been one of Playgirl's primary photographers since the early 1990s...
, playgirl photographer - Hannah WeinerHannah WeinerHannah Adelle Weiner was an American poet who is often grouped with the Language poets because of the prominent place she assumed in the poetics of that group.- Early life and writings :...
(1928–1997), American poet - Hans WeinerHans WeinerHans Weiner is a German former footballer who played as a defender. He spent much of his career in Berlin, with three years at Tennis Borussia, and nine years in two spells at Hertha BSC. He also spent two years with Bayern Munich, where he had his greatest successes, winning two Bundesliga titles...
(born 1950), German former footballer - Irving B. WeinerIrving B. WeinerIrving B. Weiner ia an American psychologist and past president of Division 12 of the American Psychological Association. He is the author and editor of many books on psychology.-Biography:...
, American psychologist - Jennifer WeinerJennifer WeinerJennifer Weiner is a Jewish American writer, television producer, and former journalist. She is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Background and career:...
(born 1970), American author and former journalist - Jody WeinerJody WeinerJody Weiner is an American novelist, non-fiction author, film producer and lawyer. Weiner wrote the literary suspense novel Prisoners of Truth . The novel draws in part from his experiences defending high-profile criminal cases in Chicago...
, American novelist, non-fiction author, film producer, and lawyer - Jonathan WeinerJonathan WeinerJonathan Weiner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of non-fiction books on his biology observations, in particular evolution in the Galápagos Islands, genetics, and the environment....
, American popular science author - Joshua WeinerJoshua Weiner-Life:He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, taught at the Writing Program at the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and at Northwestern University.He lives in Washington, D.C., and teaches at University of Maryland, College Park....
, American poet - Justus WeinerJustus WeinerJustus Reid Weiner is an Israeli-American lawyer at the firm of Geraldson, Marks and Xeno in Jerusalem and scholar. He is a UC Berkeley law school graduate, a Boston native, and a member of the Israel and New York Bar Associations. According to an interview by Salon books, Weiner worked at the...
, international human rights lawyer - Lazar WeinerLazar WeinerLazar Weiner was a Ukrainian-born, American-naturalized composer of Yiddish song. He emigrated to America at the age of 17 and later became the music director of the Central Synagogue, New York.-Works:...
, a Ukrainian-born, American-naturalized composer of Yiddish song - László WeinerLászló WeinerLászló Weiner was a Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor who perished in the Holocaust....
(1916–1944), Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor - Lawrence WeinerLawrence WeinerLawrence Weiner was a central figure in the formation of conceptual art in the 1960s His work often takes the form of typographic texts.- Life and career :...
(born 1942), American conceptual artist - Lee WeinerLee WeinerLee Weiner , a member of the Chicago Seven, was charged with conspiracy and making incendiary devices for his part in the demonstrations that surrounded the 1968 Democratic National Convention.J...
, American anti-war activist and one of the Chicago Seven - Leo WeinerLeo WeinerLeo Weiner , was one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century and a composer.- Education :Weiner was born in Budapest. He had his first music and piano lessons from his brother, and later studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest, studying with János ...
(1885–1960), Hungarian music educator - Marc WeinerMarc WeinerMarc Weiner is an American comedian, clown, puppeteer, and television producer. Born into the Weiner family as the middle child between his brothers Jonas and Jess, Has 3 children, Rebecca who is married to Yerucham Pliner, Max who is a successful musician and Sara who is very pretty...
(born 1955), American comedian - Mark Weiner, professor of law
- Matthew WeinerMatthew WeinerMatthew Weiner is an American writer, director and producer of television drama. He is the creator, executive producer, head writer, and show runner of the AMC television series Mad Men. He is also noted for his work on the HBO series The Sopranos, on which he served as a writer and producer...
(born 1965), American screenwriter, producer and director - Michael Weiner (actor)Michael Weiner (actor)Michael Weiner is an American actor and composer. He is probably best known for his occasional role of "Kellogg 'Cornflake' Lieberbaum" on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. As a composer, Weiner co-produced the soundtrack album and wrote the score for the 1999 movie Man of the Century. -External links:...
(born 1975), American actor and composer - Michael Weiner (Professor)Michael Weiner (Professor)Michael Weiner is a professor of East Asian History and International Studies and is the director of International Studies at Soka University of America . Previously, he was professor and chair of Asian Studies at San Diego State University. He received his B.A. from Sophia University, Tokyo,...
, Professor at Soka University of America - Michael Savage (commentator)Michael Savage (commentator)Michael Savage is a conservative American radio host, author, and political commentator. He is the host of The Savage Nation, a nationally syndicated talk show that airs throughout the United States on Talk Radio Network...
, American talk-show host - Michael Weiner (executive)Michael Weiner (executive)Michael S. Weiner is the executive director or the Major League Baseball Players Association. He assumed the role in December 2009, replacing Don Fehr. Weiner joined the organization in 1988 and had been general counsel since 2004...
(born 1961), Executive Director or the Major League Baseball Players Association - Michael Weiner (referee)Michael Weiner (referee)Michael Weiner is a German football referee.- Football career :Weiner was entitled to take charge of matches in DFB-administered leagues in 1993. Two years later, he was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga before eventually working his first Bundesliga match in 1998.In 2002, Weiner was admitted to the...
(born 1969), German football referee - Michele Weiner-DavisMichele Weiner-DavisMichele Weiner-Davis, MSW, is a marriage and family therapistMichele Weiner-Davis, MSW, is a marriage and family therapistMichele Weiner-Davis, MSW, is a marriage and family therapist...
, MSW, marriage and family therapist and author - Myron WeinerMyron WeinerMyron Weiner was an American political scientist and renowned scholar on India, South Asia, internal and international migration, ethnic conflict, child labor, democratization, political demography, and the politics and policies of developing countries.-Education and Career:Weiner was born in New...
, American political scientist - Randy WeinerRandy WeinerRandy Weiner is an American playwright, producer and theater/nightclub owner. Weiner co-wrote the Off-Broadway musical The Donkey Show and, as one-third of EMURSIVE, produced the Drama Desk Award winning New York premiere of Punchdrunk's Sleep No More...
, American playwright, producer, and theater/nightclub owner - Richard WeinerRichard Weiner (Czech writer)Richard Weiner was a Czech journalist and writer. He is generally considered to be one of the most important Czech writers of the twentieth century, since he influenced many of his own and later generations of writers. Yet he is little known outside the Czech Republic...
(1884–1937), Czech journalist and writer - Richard WeinerRichard WeinerRichard Weiner is an American author, lecturer, lexicographer, and public relations consultant.-Life and work:Weiner was born in New York City on May 10, 1927. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Wisconsin. A science writer and broadcaster, he produced the first radio...
(born 1927), American filmmaker-author - Richard M. WeinerRichard M. WeinerRichard M. Weiner is a professor of theoretical physics at the University of Marburg in Marburg, Germany and an associate of the Laboratoire de Physique Théorique at Paris-Sud 11 University in Orsay, France.-Biography:...
(born 1930), professor of theoretical physics & author - Robert Weiner, Jr.Robert Weiner, Jr.Robert Weiner, Jr. is an international water polo player for the United States, who played for the University of Southern California from 2000 to 2003, and at Newport Harbor High School from 1996 to 1999...
, American water polo player - Ron WeinerRon WeinerRon Weiner is an American television writer. He has written for several shows, including 30 Rock, NewsRadio, Futurama, Arrested Development, Father of the Pride, and Help Me Help You....
, American television writer - Russell WeinerRussell WeinerRussell Goldencloud "Russ" Weiner is the creator of the Rockstar energy drink. Weiner is also the founder and CEO of the company, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Weiner is the son of Michael Weiner, better known as conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage, and Janet...
, creator of the Rockstar energy drink - Steve WeinerSteve WeinerSteve Weiner is a Canadian writer and animator. He was born in Wisconsin and studied writing at the University of California. He lives in Vancouver and in London, England.-Books:Weiner's 1994 debut novel The Museum of Love earned comparisons to William S...
, Canadian writer and animator - Susan WeinerSusan WeinerSusan Weiner is a politician from Georgia, USA and was the first woman to become Mayor of Savannah. She is a Republican.-Background:She is Jewish, was born in Albany, New York, and moved to Savannah in the mid-1980s.-Political career:...
, politician from Georgia, USA - Tim WeinerTim WeinerTim Weiner is a New York Times reporter, author of two books and co-author of a third, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award...
, Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning author - Todd WeinerTodd WeinerTodd Michael Weiner is former American football American football offensive tackle of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kansas State.Weiner also played for the Atlanta Falcons....
(born 1975), Atlanta FalconsAtlanta FalconsThe Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
offensive lineman - Zach WeinerZach WeinerZachary 'Zach' Alexander Weinersmith , is the author and illustrator of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal , currently residing in California...
(born 1982), author and illustrator, webcomic cartoonist - Zachary WeinerZachary WeinerZachary Weiner is currently the CEO of Luxuryreach Inc. and the Co-Founder of the Connected TV Marketing Association. He is also the acting CEO and founder of CTV Advertising, which bills itself as one of the first full scale Connected TV advertising firms...
, CEO of Luxuryreach Inc.
Other uses
- Weiner, ArkansasWeiner, ArkansasWeiner is a city in Poinsett County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 760 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Jonesboro, Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Weiner is located at ....
, a city - Weiner'sWeiner'sWeiner's Stores, Inc., was a clothing retailer with its headquarters in Spring Branch and in Houston, Texas.-History:Weiner's was founded by Isidore Weiner in 1926. Weiner was an immigrant from Vilnius, Lithuania. The first shop was located on what was then the outskirts of Houston. In 1932 the...
, an American clothing retailer - The Bruce Weiner Microcar MuseumThe Bruce Weiner Microcar MuseumThe Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum is a museum in Madison, Georgia, United States that holds the largest single collection of microcars in the world...
, an American museum - The Emery/Weiner SchoolThe Emery/Weiner SchoolThe Emery/Weiner School is a co-educational, independent Jewish day school in Houston, Texas, United States serving grades 6-12.The $14 million campus is located on in southwest Houston outside of the 610 Loop, inside Beltway 8, and east of the Westwood subdivision.The school houses of classroom...
, an American Jewish day school - Feable WeinerFeable WeinerFeable Weiner is an American power pop band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. They toured this spring with label-mate, Cruiserweight, on the "Tour of the Year"...
, an American power pop band - Laud WeinerLaud WeinerLaud Weiner is a short film written and directed by Philip Euling, starring David Hyde Pierce.The cast also includes Marisol Nichols, Jake Muxworthy, and James Oliver.-Plot:...
, a short film - Nu-Way WeinersNu-Way WeinersNu-Way Weiners, Inc. is a company that operates a chain of fast food restaurants that started in Macon, Georgia, USA. Nu-Way is known for hot dogs – unique for their red color. Nu-Way also serves other breakfast and lunch items, including pancakes, grits, sandwiches, and hamburgers...
, an American company that operates a chain of fast food restaurants