German : nickname from Middle High German vīol ‘violet’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the Yiddish female personal name
Feygl, which is from Yiddish foygl ‘bird’ (compare
Vogel), a translation of the Hebrew name Tsipora
(Zipporah) ‘bird’, borne by the wife of Moses.
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