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Amish first names
The Amish mostly select from Biblical names. Unusual Biblical names such as Ezekiel are popular. Most male Amish go by such names as John, Aaron, Amos, Levi, Jacob, David, Daniel, Isaiah, Eli, Noah, Samuel, Moses, etc., while a few go by New Testament names such as Stephen and Thomas. Popular female Amish names run along the lines of Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, Anna, Susanna, Hannah, Susan, Elizabeth, Rachel, etc.
Hutterite first names
Hutterites use biblical and particularly German first names. Andreas and Paul are two favorites.
Amish surnames
Top 10
#Stoltzfus #King #Beiler #Fisher #Lapp #Zook #Esh #Glick #Riehl #Smucker
Others
#Amstutz #Basinger #Baumgartner #Beachy #Bixler #Bontrager #Borkholder #Brubaker #Burkholder #Byler #Chupp #Christner #Coblentz #Detweiler #Eash #Eberly #Eicher #Erb #Geiser #Gerber #Gingerich #Graber #Habegger #Hershberger #Hilty #Hochstetler #Horst #Hostetler #Kauffman #Klopfenstein #Knepp #Kurtz #Lehman #Lengacher #Liechty #Martin #Mast #Miller #Moser #Mullet #Neuenschwander #Nussbaum #Peachey #Raber #Saltzman #Schlabach #Schmucker #Schrock #Schwartz #Schwartzendruber #Shetler #Sprunger #Steiner #Stoll #Stutzman #Swartzentruber #Troyer #Wagler #Weaver #Welty #Wengerd #Yoder #Yutzy #Zimmerman
Hutterite surnames
#Decker #Ens #Entz #Fast #Glanzer #Gross #Hofer #Jansen #Kleinsasser #Knels #Mandel #Miller #Pullman #Stahl #Tschetter #Waldner #Walter #Waltner #Wipf #Wollman #Wurz
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