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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name for someone who lived by or farmed a south-facing area of land, from Middle High German, Middle Low German sunne, sonne ‘sun’ + Middle High German, Middle Low German velt ‘field’, ‘open country’.

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