Is the name Schrier German???
and if so, what does it mean in english?
2006-11-09 11:17:49 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The answer above is not correct.
Schrei is the german word for to yell, not Schrie. Schrier therefore is not a yeller.
The Name and spelling looks german, but I never came across that name.
If you search google Germany with Schrier you get some results, while looking up the phonebook online only brought back 1 result in Berlin.
I looked up 2 other websites for you, one about name search (genealogy) and one that lists all names of people emigrating from Germany through the port of Bremerhaven. A lot of names were changed after arrival in the US, so it might have been Schrierer as well.
So after all, there is a good chance it is German, and if yes, The chance that the other Schiers in Germany are relatives somehow is really big, since the name is not very common.
I have no idea, what it means, could be a variation of the Schrei, what I doubt, since it wouldn make sense for a name (most german names result from a profession or origin of somebody). Maybe it makes sense in some german dialect, but none that I know.
2006-11-09 11:46:59 · answer #1 · answered by markus0032003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the name you're thinking of is "Schreier", which is German and means one who cries out or yells. It's probably a reference to town criers, as many surnames have their origin in related professions (an example in English is "Smith", where people with that name might have been tinsmiths, for example).
2006-11-09 22:46:33 · answer #2 · answered by ichliebekira 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To shrie is to yell. It is German. Shrier means a person who yells.
2006-11-09 19:25:55 · answer #3 · answered by wunderkind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋