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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Schönfeld) : habitational name from any of numerous places named Schönfeld, from Middle High German schoen ‘beautiful’ + velt ‘open country’, ‘field’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of German schön ‘beautiful’ + Feld ‘field’.

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