Talk:Mayer Amschel Rothschild

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[edit] name

Why is his middle name commonly spelled as Amschel, when it is actually Anschel? The inscriptions on his children's graves spell it in Hebrew as אנשיל.

Many of the children have Mayer in their names, so it doesn't seem logical that this is a given name. Could it be the family name in Hebrew, to which the Rothschild name was appended?

[edit] Re: Name

It would seem that Amschel is a mistake; Anschel is a common Ashkenazi name, but there don't seem to be any references to a version with an "m" anywhere except in reference to Mayer Anschel Rothschild. It would seem that the Britannica's got it wrong, too. The family would know, though.

A wedding notice published in the NYT on Feb 9, 1909 refers to him as Anschel.

In some sources it is said that his last name was originally Bauer.

Smnjcfs (talk) 02:06, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Shouldn't be write in the biography section (as most wiki biographies) that "he was born from Jews father in the town.. etc" or that he is Ashkenazi? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.134.1.107 (talk) 23:29, 4 October 2008 (UTC)