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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German and Dutch : from the Germanic personal name Hildemar, formed with hild ‘strife’, ‘battle’ + mari ‘famous’.
  • German (South German and Austrian) : contracted form of Hillmeier, which is a topographic name derived from Middle High German hülwe ‘water-hole’ + meier ‘(tenant) farmer’.

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