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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (of Slavic origin) : status or occupational name for a counselor, from Slavic porada ‘advice’, ‘counseling’, ‘councilor’.
  • Jewish (Israeli) : from a Biblical personal name meaning ‘fruitful’ (an allusion to Joseph).

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