About the Snider Surname

If your family name is Snider, its origin lies with Schneider, a long-established German surname. Name scholars give the meaning as “Tailor”. Snider is listed among the recognised spellings of Schneider. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

The same family of names includes Schnieder and Snyder.

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