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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German : occupational name for a lumberjack or woodcutter, from Middle High German holz ‘wood’ + -er, agent noun suffix.
  • South German (Hölzer) : topographic name from Middle High German holz ‘wood’, ‘copse’ + -er suffix denoting an inhabitant.

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