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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish (Molén) : ornamental surname from mo ‘sandy heath’ + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius.
  • Dutch : topographic name from molen ‘mill’.
  • Dutch (van der Molen) : habitational name from any of numerous places named Ter Molen or Ter Meulen (from molen ‘mill’).

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