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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant spelling of Silley, a variant of Seeley. This is a frequent NH name.
  • Americanized spelling of German Zille, perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a bargee, from Middle High German zülle ‘barge’, mainly used in Saxony and the Berlin area.
  • Americanized form of South German Killer, a variant of Kilian, or a habitational name from a place near Hechingen (Württemberg).

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