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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Holstein, Hamburg) : patronymic from the Old Frisian personal name Fero.
  • North German : nickname or status name alluding to a tax obligation, from Middle Low German verdinc, a term denoting a quarter of a weight or coin (‘farthing’). This is the equivalent of South German Vierdinc, from Middle High German vierdinc.

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