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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from the river of this name in central Europe, denoting someone who lived on its banks.
  • German (Öder) : variant of Eder.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : possibly as in 1, or from a western or northeastern Yiddish pronunciation of adar, the name of a month of the Jewish calendar. This is considered a happy time of year mainly because the festival of Purim is celebrated during this month and because Jewish tradition has it that Moses was born in this month.

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