JEWISH CLANS *
The clan of Ratner
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- Last name translations Ratner , Rattner , Retner , Rutner , Ратнер , רטנר
- Related articles Происхождение фамилии Ратнер
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Origin of Ratner name
This family name most probably originates from the shtetl Ratno of the Kovel area or from the shtetl Ratnya of the Radomist region.
Part of the researchers put forward an additional version of the origin of this name - from the word "rat" that in German and in Yiddish means "counsel". However in our view it is rather the name Ratman that comes from this word, that in translation from the same languages means "counselor". It remains to add that in the beginning of the 20-th centiry the name Ratner was spread in Mogilev, Vilno, Troki and Lida.
Dear representatives of the Ratner clan
We would like to invite you to help us ressurect the history of your family, to link up the branches of your family tree and to find relatives abroad. Among Jews, due to the manner in which family names were acquired and passed down, there are relatively few people who, although unrelated, bear the same surname as one another. The majority of Jewish people who bear a certain family name can usually trace their roots back to a common ancestor about 5-6 generations back. Further, when two Jewish people bear the same surname, they are usually members of the same broader 'clan', descended of the same extended family.Resurrect your History - for he, who owns the Past also owns the Future.
Let your family be entered into the Book of Generations!
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*Major part of the data on etymology and geography of the family names for the beginning of the 20th century is taken from the works of Dr. Alexander Beider (see bibliography)