Lipschitz, Lipshitz, or Lipchitz, is an
Ashkenazi Jewish
Ashkenazi Jews ( ; he, יְהוּדֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז, translit=Yehudei Ashkenaz, ; yi, אַשכּנזישע ייִדן, Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or ''Ashkenazim'',, Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation: , singu ...
(
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...
/German-Jewish) surname. The surname has many variants, including:
Lifshitz (
Lifschitz Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce (German: Leobschütz).
The surname has many variants, including: , , Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz ( Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipchitz, Lipsch ...
),
Lifshits,
Lifshuts,
Lefschetz; Lipschitz, Lipshitz,
Lipshits, Lopshits,
Lipschutz Lipschutz is a Jewish surname. It is a variant of Lifshitz.
Notable people with this surname
* Gerdi E. Lipschutz (1923–2010), New York politician
* S. Lipschütz
Samuel or Salomon Lipschütz (July 4, 1863 in Ungvár – November 30, 1905 i ...
(
Lipschütz Lipschutz is a Jewish surname. It is a variant of Lifshitz.
Notable people with this surname
* Gerdi E. Lipschutz (1923–2010), New York politician
* S. Lipschütz (1863–1905), US chess champion
* Seymour Lipschutz (born 1931), American mathem ...
),
Lipshutz Lipshutz is a surname. It is a variant of Lifshitz. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bruce H. Lipshutz (born 1951), American chemist
*Robert Lipshutz (1921–2010), American lawyer
See also
*Lipschutz Lipschutz is a Jewish surname. It i ...
,
Lüpschütz;
Libschitz;
Livshits
Benedikt Konstantinovich Livshits (russian: Бенеди́кт Константи́нович Ли́вшиц, 24 December 1886 ( Old Style)/6 January 1887 ( New Style) – 21 September 1938) was a poet and writer of the Silver Age of Russian ...
;
Lifszyc Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce (German: Leobschütz).
The surname has many variants, including: , , Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipchitz, Lipschutz (L ...
,
Lipszyc Lifshitz (or Lifschitz) is a surname, which may be derived from the Polish city of Głubczyce (German: Leobschütz).
The surname has many variants, including: , , Lifshits, Lifshuts, Lefschetz; Lipschitz (Lipshitz), Lipshits, Lipchitz, Lipschutz (L ...
. It is commonly Anglicized as
Lipton
Lipton is a British brand of tea, owned by Ekaterra. Lipton was also a supermarket chain in the United Kingdom, later sold to Argyll Foods, after which the company sold only tea. The company is named after its founder, Sir Thomas Lipton, who fo ...
, and less commonly as Lipington.
There are several places in Europe from where the name may be derived. In all cases, ''Lip'' or ''Lib'' is derived from the Slavic root ''lipa'' (linden tree, see also
Leipzig), and the ''itz'' ending is the Germanisation of the Slavic place name ending ''ice''.
In the Czech Republic:
*
Libčice nad Vltavou
Libčice nad Vltavou (german: Libschitz an der Moldau) is a town in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,500 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Vltava River.
Notable people
* Miroslav ...
(German: Libschitz an der Moldau)
*
Liběšice u Litoměřic (German: Liebeschitz bei Leitmeritz)
*
Liběšice u Žatce (German: Libeschitz bei Saaz)
In Germany:
*
Gera-Liebschwitz
*
Liebschützberg
Liebschützberg is a municipality in the district Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany.
Until 1991 the territory of Liebschützberg and its 1,600 residents were part of the town of Borna. During the administrative reform of Saxony which followed the ...
-Liebschütz
*
Remptendorf-Liebschütz
In Poland:
*
Głubczyce (
Silesian German: Lischwitz, German: Leobschütz)
In mathematics, the name can be used to describe a function that satisfies the
Lipschitz condition
In mathematical analysis, Lipschitz continuity, named after German mathematician Rudolf Lipschitz, is a strong form of uniform continuity for functions. Intuitively, a Lipschitz continuous function is limited in how fast it can change: there exi ...
, a strong form of continuity, named after
Rudolf Lipschitz.
The surname may refer to:
People
*
Daniel Lipšic
Daniel Lipšic (born 8 July 1973) is a Slovak politician and Jurist. He is a former Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and former Minister of Interior. Until 28 May 2012 he was a member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), in whic ...
, former Minister of Interior in Slovakia
*
Israel Lipschitz
Yisrael Lifschitz ( he, ישראל ליפשיץ ; 1782–1860) was a leading 19th-century Ashkenazi rabbi, first in Dessau and then in the Jewish Community of Danzig. He was the author of the commentary "Tiferes Yisrael" on the Mishnah.
Biograp ...
(1782–1860), rabbi and biblical scholar
*
Jacques Lipchitz (1891–1973), Cubist sculptor
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Lippy Lipshitz (1903–1980), South African sculptor, painter and printmaker
*
Rudolf Lipschitz (1832–1903), German mathematician
*
Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher, born as Imre Lipschitz
*
Ralph Lauren
Ralph Lauren, ( ; ; born October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, best known for the Ralph Lauren Corporation, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He has become well known for his co ...
, American fashion designer, born as Ralph Lifshitz
*
Hal Linden, American actor, and television personality, born Harold Lipschitz
*
Solomon Lefschetz (1884–1972), Russian–US mathematician
* Joachim Lipschitz, German politician
Fictional characters
*
Dr. Werner P. Lipschitz, fictional character of the ''Rugrats'' series
Berlin subway station
* There is a subway station
Lipschitzallee (Lipschitz Avenue) in Berlin, named after politician Joachim Lipschitz
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