Hartstein Family History
Hartstein Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from a place in Upper Silesia called Hartstein. German: nickname for a mean or harsh and inflexible person from Middle High German hart ‘hard’ + stein ‘stone’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial compound name from German Hart ‘deer’ + Stein ‘stone’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022