Where Does This Last Name Come From? German?

Question

My teacher has a cool last name, it's Glasenapp, he said it was german, so I was just wondering where it came from. All my other teachers have last names like smith, white, ect. lol

Do you know the meaning/origin of it?

Answer 1

When I looked over at Ancestry, it states the name is from Germany, Pruessen, and Pomeranian in origin. As for the meaning... I couldn't find anything on Glase, so I tried napp and got the following:
1. Altered spelling of German Knapp.
2. German: metonymic occupational name for a bowl and cup maker, from Middle Low German nap ‘bowl’, ‘mug’, or alternatively, from an old personal name formed with an element cognate with Old High German (gi-)nada ‘grace’,
‘benevolence’.
The meaning of knapp in German:
1. German: occupational name or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant’, ‘apprentice’, or ‘miner’.
2. German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person.
3. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock, Middle English knappe, Old English cnæpp, or habitational name from any of the several minor places named with the word, in particular Knapp in Hampshire and Knepp in Sussex.
4. German and western Slavic: variant of Knabe.

Glas: glas

1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Glass.
2. German: variant of Glass 1 or 3.
3. German: from a short form of the medieval personal name Gelasius, the name of a pope (492–96).
4. Welsh: nickname meaning ‘gray’, ‘green’, ‘silver-haired’.

glass

1. English and German: metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower, from Old English glæs ‘glass’ (akin to Glad, referring originally to the bright shine of the material), Middle High German glas.
2. Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of the epithet glas ‘gray’, ‘green’, ‘blue’ or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it.
3. German: altered form of the personal name Klass, a reduced form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas).
4. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Glass ‘glass’, or a metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower.

Answer 2

The American people finally judged their candidate on his qualities. Obama is young and offers a NEW concept. HE is intelligent, well taught, and no one cares about Muslims. McCain is getting old and he flew off the handle too many times and that showed that he was too explosive and would not be able to handle the stress of the President. For once, NO ONE cared that Obama was backed by the Mob in Chicago or that he may have obtained his Harvard Degree with their help. What makes the man, is NOT The man himself. People are a combination of ALL the influences in their lives. The more I found out about McCain the more worried I became. The more I found out Obama the more I admired him. I admire intelligence. McCain made some stupid moves in his life and he was NOT smart enough to make sure that they stayed buried or he did not explain them adequately to cover himself if people found them out. Joe the Plumber had nothing to do with the election, nor did Ayers or that minister. It was all about the job and who could do it best. I would have preferred Chuck Baldwin but I don't know if he could have done all that Obama is going to have to do once he gets going. Obama is going to have to hit the field running b/c the Russians are not going to wait for him to catch up, nor will the economy wait as well. The important thing is that we have the right guy. The problem is that BOTH Obama and McCain are CFR members and THAT will be the determining factor in the long run. McCain would have gone by the book with the CFR b/c McCain was bought by the conservative right. Obama MIGHT be his own man, like Kennedy, and he might end up like Kennedy too, but I have faith the Obama is smart enough to learn by Kennedy's mistakes and NOT make them. And I'm hoping that Obama will sit down with the CFR and work things out with them, in advance. Peace, Love, Light! I AM Dartagnon

Answer 3

I would be willing to put $100 down that it is GERMAN. Family names ending with the double "p" are most likely German - like the name Knopp, Krupp, etc.

Answer 4

Von Glasenapp is the name of a former aristocratic estate owner family in Pomerania. I have found a long article on Wikipedia about them, but unfortunately there is no English translation available.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasenapp
As the name is existing since the 13th century, before surnames were usual, and there are many people called Glasenapp today, it might have been given (without "von") to farmers, and personnel of the estate, too.

Answer 5

It is a German last name. It was the last name of my neighbor in Bavaria, I'm 100% sure it's German.

Answer 6

It is German, I looked it up, could not find meaning.

Answer 7

Es ist Deutsch!

Answer 8

yeh. it definetly sounds like a german last name. i've studied german since grade 5 nd i'm 16 now.

so it definetly sounds german :)