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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : distinguishing name for a tenant farmer (see Meyer) who lived in a valley (Middle Low German dal).
  • German : perhaps from a Slavic personal name, Dalemir, composed of the elements dale ‘further’ + mir ‘peace’.

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