Fellbaum

Fellbaum is a surname of German origin. It is a compound name typical of Germanic surname formation and is found among families with German or Central European ancestry. The surname is relatively uncommon and is most frequently encountered in the United States and Germany, often as a result of migration and settlement over the past centuries.

Notable people bearing the surname include Christiane Fellbaum, a linguist known for her work on WordNet, a large lexical database that has become a foundational resource in natural language processing and cognitive science. Fellbaum has been involved in advancing the integration of lexical databases with computational systems and has held academic appointments at research institutions and universities.

Beyond its association with Christiane Fellbaum, the surname Fellbaum does not have a wide profile in public discourse. Public references to the name typically arise in the context of academic contributions to linguistics and computational linguistics, particularly related to WordNet and its community of users. The name remains a relatively uncommon marker of German heritage in contemporary usage.