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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : nickname for a settler or incomer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German sidelen ‘to establish residence’.
  • German : occupational name for an upholsterer, from an agent derivative of Middle High German sidel ‘piece of upholstered furniture’.

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