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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : habitational name from Sinz near Saarburg, a place name of Celtic origin.
  • South German : from a pet form of the medieval personal name Sindo, from a Germanic compound personal name formed with sind ‘journey’ as the first element.

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