Meanings
plural Mendelssohns
- alternativeAlternative spelling of Mendelson.
The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency, archived from the original on 17 May 2025
Origin
- GermanMendelssohn
- EnglishMendelssohn
Borrowed from German Mendelssohn.
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