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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name from places called Lilienthal in Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, and Baden-Württemburg, named with Middle High German liljen ‘lilies’ + tal ‘valley’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of German Lilie ‘lily’ + Thal ‘valley’.

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