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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name for someone from Villingen in the Black Forest, a market town since at least the 10th century, and a thriving trade center in the 12th century. The name derives from a 9th-century personal name, Filo, + the suffix -ingen, denoting ‘people or followers of’.

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