Pfeiffer

From German Pfeiffer (literally “piper”).

Pfeiffer

1. A surname from German.

• Fifer
• Pfeifer

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pfeiffer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German and Jewish surname, equivalent to Pfeiffe (cp. Pfeife) +‎ -er, hence an occupational surname for a pipe player.

Pfeiffer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Pfeiffers or (with an article) Pfeiffer, feminine genitive Pfeiffer, plural Pfeiffers or Pfeiffer)

1. a surname