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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and German : from Middle Dutch tro(o)st, Middle High German trōst, ‘confidence’, ‘trust’, ‘solace’, ‘consolation’, a nickname for a comforter or possibly a personal name given to a child born after the death of a sibling.

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