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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish (Hallén) : variant of Hall, with the addition of the adjectival suffix -én.
  • Possibly a shortened form of Dutch van der Hallen, a topographic or habitational name from Middle Dutch halle ‘hall’ (see Hall).

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