Where Does This Last Name Come From? German?

My teacher has a cool last name, it's Glasenapp, he said it was german, so I was just wondering where it came from. All my other teachers have last names like smith, white, ect. lol

Where Does This Last Name Come From? German?
When I looked over at Ancestry, it states the name is from Germany, Pruessen, and Pomeranian in origin. As for the meaning... I couldn't find anything on Glase, so I tried napp and got the following:


1. Altered spelling of German Knapp.


2. German: metonymic occupational name for a bowl and cup maker, from Middle Low German nap 鈥榖owl鈥? 鈥榤ug鈥? or alternatively, from an old personal name formed with an element cognate with Old High German (gi-)nada 鈥榞race鈥?


鈥榖enevolence鈥?


The meaning of knapp in German:


1. German: occupational name or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe 鈥榶oung unmarried man鈥? In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings 鈥榮ervant鈥? 鈥榓pprentice鈥? or 鈥榤iner鈥?


2. German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person.


3. English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hillock, Middle English knappe, Old English cn忙pp, or habitational name from any of the several minor places named with the word, in particular Knapp in Hampshire and Knepp in Sussex.


4. German and western Slavic: variant of Knabe.





Glas: glas





1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Glass.


2. German: variant of Glass 1 or 3.


3. German: from a short form of the medieval personal name Gelasius, the name of a pope (492鈥?6).


4. Welsh: nickname meaning 鈥榞ray鈥? 鈥榞reen鈥? 鈥榮ilver-haired鈥?





glass





1. English and German: metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower, from Old English gl忙s 鈥榞lass鈥?(akin to Glad, referring originally to the bright shine of the material), Middle High German glas.


2. Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of the epithet glas 鈥榞ray鈥? 鈥榞reen鈥? 鈥榖lue鈥?or any of various Gaelic surnames derived from it.


3. German: altered form of the personal name Klass, a reduced form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas).


4. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Glass 鈥榞lass鈥? or a metonymic occupational name for a glazier or glass blower.
Reply:I would be willing to put $100 down that it is GERMAN. Family names ending with the double "p" are most likely German - like the name Knopp, Krupp, etc.
Reply:Es ist Deutsch!
Reply:It is German, I looked it up, could not find meaning.
Reply:Von Glasenapp is the name of a former aristocratic estate owner family in Pomerania. I have found a long article on Wikipedia about them, but unfortunately there is no English translation available.


http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasenapp


As the name is existing since the 13th century, before surnames were usual, and there are many people called Glasenapp today, it might have been given (without "von") to farmers, and personnel of the estate, too.
Reply:It is a German last name. It was the last name of my neighbor in Bavaria, I'm 100% sure it's German.
Reply:yeh. it definetly sounds like a german last name. i've studied german since grade 5 nd i'm 16 now.





so it definetly sounds german :)