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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Rhineland) : metonymic occupational name for a furrier, from Middle Low German stōlwerk ‘furriery’.
  • German (Rhineland) : from Middle High German stolle ‘prop’, ‘support’ + werk ‘work’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, especially one who made pit props.

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