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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Frühling) : nickname from Middle High German vrūelinc ‘spring’, in some cases for an early-born child.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from German Frühling ‘spring’. It may be an ornamental name, or it may be one of the surnames that were distributed at random by government officials.

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