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Veil

Feminine
Rare

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : variant of Feigel.
  • English : occupational name for a watchman, from Anglo-Norman French veil(le) ‘watch’, ‘guard’ (Latin vigilia ‘watch’, ‘wakefulness’).
  • Jewish (western Ashkenazic) : variant of Weil.

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