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The surname Epstein (also Eppstein or Epshtein) is one of the oldest Ashkenazi Jewish family names. It is probably derived from the German town of Eppstein, in Hesse; the place-name was probably derived from Gaulish apa 'water' (in the sense of a river) and German -stein 'stone' (in the sense of a hill). == Reputation == The Jewish Encyclopedia from 1906 noted that "the number of individual Epsteins who have achieved prominence is [...] large." According to The Spectator contributor Angela Epste
