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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : either an occupational nickname for a blacksmith, someone who makes the ‘iron (Middle High German īsen) dance (from Middle High German danzen, tanzen ‘to dance’)’ or (from the same components) a nickname for a tireless dancer.

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