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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a pet form of the personal name Hermann.
  • German : from a Germanic personal name, a pet form of a compound name formed with haid ‘heath’, ‘wasteland’ as the first element.
  • German : from Middle High German holz, Middle Low German holt ‘wood’, a topographic name, an occupational name for someone who provided wood, or a nickname for a stubborn person.

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