When Anna Taube was born about 1540, in Estonia, Soviet Union, her father, Johann Tuve zu Maart, was 52 and her mother, Anna Rosen, was 21. She married Johann Maydell after 1555, in Estonia, Russian Empire. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died after 1573.
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Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Gerhard, Gunter, Heinrich, Kurt, Otto, Wolfram.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Taube ‘pigeon, dove’ (Middle High German tūbe). The German name is either a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of doves or pigeons or a nickname for a mild and gentle person; the Jewish surname is artificial.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish female personal name Toybe (from Yiddish toyb ‘dove’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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