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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name from Middle High German wise ‘meadow’ + vëlt ‘open country’, or a habitational name from any of various places named Wiesenfeld.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of German Wiesen ‘meadow’ + Feld ‘field’.

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