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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch and Belgian (Westerveld) : habitational name for someone from Westvelde in Drente, Westerveld in West Flanders, or Westervelt in Ebblinghem.
  • Lubbert van Westervelt came from Meppel on the Zuider Zee, Netherlands, to Bergen Co., NJ, in 1662.

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