Weber

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Weber is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname247K records spelled Weber7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, United States, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Wéber, Wêber, ̶w̶e̶b̶e̶r̶, Webér

• French surname104K records spelled Weber5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Wéber, Webér, Wébér

• a separate surname42K records spelled Weber3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland

  Also written Wéber

• Polish surname30K records spelled Weber8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, Slovakia

  Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

  Also written Weber', Wéber, Wëber, Webér

• Danish surname9.6K records spelled Weber9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, United States, Norway, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Webèr, Wêbęŕ, Wéber

• Hindi surname6.1K records spelled Weber5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: Hindi, Sinhala, Urdu

  Also written Wéber

• Croatian surname2.8K records spelled Weber4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Switzerland, United Kingdom

  Languages: Croatian, Slovenian, Serbian

  Also written Wéber

74 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Weber is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weaver

  as a word·A Frequency Dictionary of German

• In English, In the International System of Units, the derived unit of magnetic flux; the flux linking a circuit of one turn that produces an electromotive force of one volt when reduced uniformly to zero in one second. Symbol: Wb.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, agent noun of weben

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Unité physique de flux d’induction magnétique (symbole Wb). Vient du nom du physicien allemand Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804-1891) qui donna en 1846 la loi concernant les forces exercées par les particules électrisées en mouvement.

  as a name·2500 noms propres devenus communs : dictionnaire étymologique (éponymes, antonomases et hypallages)

• In German, Deutscher Berufsname: ‘Weber’ (Beruf des Webers/Handwerkers); Varianten und Nebenformen der Typenreihe.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 18 years between 1915–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Constanze Mozartb. 1762DEnot in their usual nameAustrian singer
• Carl Maria von Weberb. 1786DEGerman Romantic composer (1786–1826)
• Wilhelm Eduard Weberb. 1804DEGerman physicist (1804–1891)
• Heinrich Weberb. 1842DEGerman mathematician (1842–1913)
• Heinrich Friedrich Weberb. 1843CHSwiss physicist (1843-1912)
• Max Weberb. 1864DEGerman sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
• Steven Weberb. 1961USAmerican actor (1961-)
• Mary Ellen Weberb. 1962USAmerican astronaut
• Manfred Weberb. 1972DEGerman politician
• Charlie Weberb. 1978USAmerican actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 176 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Weber?

We estimate roughly 148 thousand people bear Weber (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Weber have the most bearers?

Weber is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled weber.

How common is Weber compared with other names?

In Germany, Weber is the 6th most common surname of 734,811 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Weber mean?

Recorded meaning: “A textile producer”, a new family name like Becker, Flei- scher, or Breuer.