Weber surname meaning

Weber is a German occupational surname for a weaver. Middle High German wëber and related German words named the person who made cloth, a trade important in towns and villages before industrial production. The surname could arise independently wherever weaving was practiced, so Weber does not point to one founder. Webber is a related spelling in some English records, while Wäber reflects an umlauted form in particular traditions. The occupational core is direct and stable across the major surname references. Occupation is therefore the high-confidence catalog type; immigrant spelling changes do not erase the original trade.