Einstein: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Einstein began as a German family name. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “one who lines, or encloses, with stone, a mason; dweller in a stone enclosure”.

Heraldry and the Einstein name

Sharing the Einstein name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Where the name comes from

659 Americans were listed as Einstein in the 2010 census. For the full story, order the Einstein surname pack.