Is my last name, Glass, in any way connected to Judiaism or Hebrew?

Answer 1

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerpsst.cfm

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.htm

According to Ancestry.Com
English or German, metronymic occupational name for glazier or glass maker

Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of the epithet glas 'gray' 'green' 'blue'

German: altered form of the personal name Klass, a reduced form of Nikolaus

Jewish occupational name for glazier or glass blower.

The same surname can come from many different nations and roots. The best way to know your heritage is to trace your ancestors starting with your parents and work back. Anytime you wish to do this, there are lots of good people on this board that can give you some great ideas. Just ask.

Orthodox and Conservative Jews define a Jew as someone who has a Jewish mother not necessarily a Jewish father. They state they get the nation from their mother and the tribe from their father. If they don't have a Jewish father, they belong to the tribe of the nearest male relative on the mother's side of the family.

So a person can be named O'Malley and be considered Jewish as long as he has a Jewish mother.

Answer 2

Glass Family History

Answer 3

The name GLASS is indeed Jewish and is an ornamental name from the German "glass" for the occupation of glazier or glass-blower.
It is also SCOTTISH, and has a coat-of-arms (see www.houseofnames.com). It was first used by a family who lived in the rugged, windswept hills of the HEBRIDES ISLANDS. The name was originally given to someone with gray hair, because Glass comes from the Gaelic word "glas" which means gray. Some believe it is the shorter version of the Anglicized name MacGilleGlais which means "son of the gray lad." Their coat of arms was given to them because they were seated in the King's court or government since medieval times--even before the Norman Conquest of 1066. The family motto, "LUCTOR ET EMERGO", roughly translates from the Latin "I struggle but I am not overwhelmed" or "I struggle but I arise."

Answer 4

Many family's that immigrated to America
either changed their last names or shorten them. Or changed completely their name and (or) religion because they faced discrimination in the countries they immigrated from.This normal happend with family's that immigrated here in the mid 19th century. I do know that Glass is a shotern version of a Jewish last name Glassmen or Glassman. I can't say for sure if this the case with your family.

Answer 5

Yes, but make sure you have an abundance of doctors and scientists in your family - preferably a link to a distant cousin who won the Nobel prize - before you start giving yourself airs.

Answer 6

Have a look at the link posted below it says its Scottish.
http://www.houseofnames.com/xq/asp.fc/qx/Glass-family-crest.htm

Answer 7

Maybe. See if along the line someone in your family was also named Gless.

Answer 8

I do know a Jewish woman named Mrs. Glass! My guess is it is very possible!

Answer 9

look here
http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=glass
and here
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/fact.aspx?&fid=10&ln=glass&fn=