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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : status name from Middle Low German schōler ‘scholar’, ‘pupil’ (especially one studying to be a clergyman).
  • German : nickname for someone with money, Middle High German scholære.
  • English : variant spelling of Scholar.

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