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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : patronymic from a derivative of a Germanic personal name, either Snello or a compound name such as Snellaert (composed of the elements snell ‘quick’, ‘lively’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’) or Snellegeer (with the second element gēr, gār ‘spear’).

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