Anni E. Pfeiffer was born on 10 March 1933, in Philippstein, Braunfels, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse, Germany as the daughter of Wilhelm Pfeiffer. She died on 17 May 1965, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 32.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent derivative of Middle High German pfīf(e), German Pfeife ‘pipe’, hence an occupational name for a piper, whistler. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), the Netherlands, Denmark, and some other European countries; see also 2 below. Compare Fifer , Peifer , Pfeifer , and Pfieffer .
Germanized form of various Slavic adaptations of the German surname (see 1 above), such as Slovenian Fajfar and Pfajfar, Czech Fajfr and Faifr. Compare Fifer .
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