Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Pfeiffer

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from an agent derivative of Middle High German pfif(e), German Pfeife ‘whistle’, ‘pipe’, hence an occupational name for a pipe player.

Famous people with this last name

Michelle Pfeiffer

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