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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : habitational name from places so named in Friesland and Overijssel. The one in Friesland was the site of a famous victory of Frisians over the Hollanders in the 14th century.
  • German : patronymic from Warn.

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