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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a professional fiddle player, or a nickname for a skilled amateur, from Middle High German videlære, German Fiedler (Yiddish fidler). The instrument (Old High German fidula) is named from Late Latin vitula.

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