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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Falb or of Pfülb, a metonymic occupational name for an upholsterer or cushion maker, or a nickname for a soft person. Compare Fulfer.
  • Alternatively, possibly a variant of Dutch or English Phillip.

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