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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Schöndorf) and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from any of numerous places called Schöndorf, named as ‘beautiful village’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German schön ‘beautiful’ + Dorf ‘village’.

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