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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : contracted form of Nieder.
  • German : from the personal name Nithart (see Neidhart).
  • German : variant of Neer (see Neher).
  • Southern French (Occitan) and Catalan : nickname from Occitan nier ‘black’ (from Latin niger).

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