Help with interesting surname.

[Augustus27]

Hey all,

I've a described genealogy nut and have been working on my family tree for nearly 10 years now. I've learned a lot since I started and have come across many different surnames in my tree, some common, others not. After all of the surnames I've come across, one stands out in particular for me. It was my paternal grandmother's surname, which was Stigleman.

Now doing research in it, it clearly is an Americanized surname, as I've only found it to occur in the United States. I've also come to the conclusion that it is most likely of German origin (mainly due to the suffix man), but also finding similar variants of the name, such as Steigelmann, Stiegelmann, Steigman, etc.

But even those names are fairly rare, and only occur very rarely in mainly southwestern Germany, and eastern France. Does anyone have any knowledge on the Stigleman surname and its possible origins?

Thanks

[de Burgh II]

Most population density would be in "kreisfreie stadt neustadt an der weinstraße" within the "Rhineland-Palatinate" state that is mostly focused in the western part of Germany with a community the right within the South eastern part of Germany for "Steigelmann."
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http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx

Steigelmann in 1942 population density:
http://www.gen-evolu.de/index.php?id=82


Most in Edenkoben (Rhineland-Palatinate), Albersweiler (Rhineland-Palatinate) and Landau (Rhineland-Palatinate).

[de Burgh II]

Possibly a derives from "Stigler" that is a variant of "Stiegler" a person living near a "stile."

http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/stiegler

[Augustus27]

Most population density would be in "kreisfreie stadt neustadt an der weinstraße" within the "Rhineland-Palatinate" state that is mostly focused in the western part of Germany with a community the right within the South eastern part of Germany for "Steigelmann."
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http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx

Steigelmann in 1942 population density:
http://www.gen-evolu.de/index.php?id=82


Most in Edenkoben (Rhineland-Palatinate), Albersweiler (Rhineland-Palatinate) and Landau (Rhineland-Palatinate).


I've assumed that the variant of the surname was found in southwest Germany mainly, but also in the Alsace region in France as well. Still, it's just a rare name and hard to find any information about it when you aren't sure what the original surname was after it was changed.

[Augustus27]

Bump.

[Ouistreham]

Still, it's just a rare name and hard to find any information about it
Not that rare.
Stiegelmann comes up quite frequently in French genealogies, especially in Alsace and the bordering regions of France and Germany.

Maybe some of your ancestors are there:
http://www.geneanet.org/search/?name=Stiegelmann&ressource=arbre&page_size=50&p=1

[Augustus27]

Not that rare.
Stiegelmann comes up quite frequently in French genealogies, especially in Alsace and the bordering regions of France and Germany.

Maybe some of your ancestors are there:
http://www.geneanet.org/search/?name=Stiegelmann&ressource=arbre&page_size=50&p=1

I guess rare wasn't the right word to use here, just with a multitude of different spelling variations of what Stigleman was before it was Americanized. In trying to actually break the name down, the suffix man, mann is obvious, but I'm not sure what Stiegel, Steigel means? I know a bit of German but I don't know what Stiegel, Steigel could mean.

[Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik]

Stieg means rise/increase/climb/ascend/go up/step/soar/mount/move up/lift.

[Valmont]

I guess rare wasn't the right word to use here, just with a multitude of different spelling variations of what Stigleman was before it was Americanized. In trying to actually break the name down, the suffix man, mann is obvious, but I'm not sure what Stiegel, Steigel means? I know a bit of German but I don't know what Stiegel, Steigel could mean.

Do you have any traditional first names associated with that last name? As people were often named after their parents / god parents or local saints it could help you locate them.

[Augustus27]

Stieg means rise/increase/climb/ascend/go up/step/soar/mount/move up/lift.

Well I know what Stieg means, but I was more curious if "Stiegel" or "Steigel" was perhaps some sort of German noun? Perhaps it has no exact translation?

[Augustus27]

Do you have any traditional first names associated with that last name? As people were often named after their parents / god parents or local saints it could help you locate them.

Off the top of my head sadly no. I'm still trying to trace back where exactly they came from in Europe, as the exact change from Stigleman to the original name I'm still trying to find as well.

[Augustus27]

Bump.

[Berahthraban]

Mine is not too common.