Morgenthaler (name)

Morgenthaler is a family name (or surname) from German speaking Europe.

Morgenthaler
Origin
Language(s)Swiss German or German
Meaning"Person from the Morning Valley"
Region of originSwitzerland or Germany
Other names
Variant form(s)Murgenthaler, Mergenthaler, Morgentaler
Painting by W. Gorgé

Origin

The name Morgenthaler means person from the morning valley. It developed from the description of a person coming from a place called Morning Valley; in ancient German orthography Morgen Thal. The final syllable (or suffix) -er signifies geographical origin of a person (as in English New Yorker). The distribution of the name in Europe and around the world [1] leads to the conclusion of most probable origins of the name in Switzerland or in southern Germany.

Distribution

Mainly in Switzerland (with an amassment in two Cantons of Switzerland: Bern and Aargau) and in Germany (with an amassment along the southern Rhine valley). By immigration also in Austria, France, the United States and other countries.

Notable people with the name
  • Walter Morgenthaler (1882–1965), Swiss psychiatry
  • Otto Morgenthaler (1886–1973)
  • Ernst Morgenthaler (1887–1962), a Swiss painter
  • George William Morgenthaler American mathematician
  • Wendelin Morgenthaler (1888–1963), German politician (CDU)
  • Hans Morgenthaler (1890–1928), Swiss poet
  • Sasha Morgenthaler (1893–1975)
  • Jeanne Morgenthaler (1885–1974), a Swiss Olympic fencer
  • Max Morgenthaler (1901–1980)
  • Fritz Morgenthaler (1919–1984), a Swiss psychoanalyst, physician and painter
  • David Morgenthaler (1919–2016), American businessman, founder of Morgenthaler, U.S. private equity and venture capital firm
  • Hans Morgenthaler (German writer) (born 1944), German writer
  • Robert Morgenthaler (born 1952), Swiss jazz musician
  • Jill Morgenthaler (born 1954), U.S. Army Reserve Colonel, and Illinois politician
  • Anders Morgenthaler (born 1972), Danish artist and author
  • Bernhard Morgenthaler (born 1987), Austrian footballer
  • Clemens Morgenthaler, German bass-baritone
  • Harley Morgenthaler, pharmacist
  • Donald Harley Morgenthaler, (1930-2001), pharmacist

See also

References
  1. "World Family Names" part of the website PublicProfiler
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