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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : topographic name for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area (see Fenn).
  • South German : occupational name for an ensign or standard bearer, from Middle High German vener, an agent derivative of Middle High German vane ‘flag’. See also Fenrich.

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