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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French and German : from Gundbert, a Germanic personal name composed of the elements gund ‘battle’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’. The name was relatively popular in both France and Germany during the Middle Ages, and was also adopted by Ashkenazic Jews. See also Gimpel.

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