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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous willow or by a group of willow trees, from Middle High German wīde ‘willow’.
  • German : topographic name for someone who lived by a pasture or a hunting ground, Middle High German weide.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Weide ‘willow tree’.

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