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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Fein.
  • German : occupational name for a refiner and polisher of gold and other metals, from Middle High German vīnen ‘to refine, polish, or gild’ (a derivative of vīn ‘pure’, ‘pretty’).

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