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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized spelling of German Fehsmeier, an occupational name for a spelt farmer, from Middle High German, Middle Low German vese ‘chaff’, ‘husk’, ‘spelt’ + Middle High German meier ‘(tenant) farmer’, ‘bailiff’.

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