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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Westphalia) : topographic name meaning ‘Paradise’, from Low German Hemmelgarn, from hemmel (standard German Himmel) ‘heaven’, ‘sky’ + garn ‘garden’ (equivalent of standard German Garten).

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