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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Westphalia) : patronymic from the personal name Wessel.
  • German (Westphalia) : habitational name from Wessling near Munich or Wesseling near Cologne, or Wesselink in Lower Saxony.

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