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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German, Dutch and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch westen, German Westen ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or regional name for one who had migrated from further west. The Jewish name may also be of ornamental origin.

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